Members of Congress don't go through background investigations like the rest of us did during military service. The 'logic' (eye roll) is that the media will expose any damaging episodes in their past.
I'd like to see all the Democrats in Congress have their pasts investigated as deeply as the Air Force did mine. I was on AFI for months and months.
My Dad told me the same thing; Congresscritters arent subject to background checks. I cant imagine a better scenario for Hillarys KGB (now SVR) handlers. Talk about the fox guarding the chicken coop!