BRIEFING ON RON PAUL'S PARENTAL CONSENT ACT

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Briefing on Parental Consent Act (H.R. 181)

February 3, 2005

Your efforts are paying off quickly! In less than two weeks, the Parental Consent Act of 2005 (H.R. 181) (ed.note: for description, see below) has 12 cosponsors. In addition, our petition to House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Majority Leader Tom DeLay calling for a vote on H.R. 181 has 4,834 signers so far.

To keep the momentum going, we will hold a briefing on H.R. 181 for congressional staffers on Tuesday, February 8. Dr. Karen Effrem, a pediatrician, will be the featured speaker. Our goal is to enlist more cosponsors for H.R. 181.

Please urge your U.S. representative and senators to have one of their staff members attend the briefing. Just imagine your representative and senators after you contact them, shaking their heads and asking themselves "How in the world did you find out about this?" You found out because you are active with The Liberty Committee.

To send your message, go to http://capwiz.com/liberty/issues/alert/?alertid=6898301&type=CO

Thank you for your help!

Kent Snyder The Liberty Committee

ACTION ALERT REGARDING THE PARENTAL CONSENT ACT OF 2005 (H.R. 181)

January 22, 2005

Last year, Congressman Ron Paul led the charge in Congress to keep federal funds from paying for universal or mandatory mental-health screening of children. Our efforts were successful in exposing the undermining of parents' right to decide what is best for their children.

Recognition of the absence of parental consent and the potential for abuse through forced drugging of children created quite a stir in the House and Senate. Senators Sam Brownback (KS) and James Inhofe (OK) hastily sent a letter to supporting of our position to the House/Senate conference committee that would decide the issue. Despite the outpouring of public support we were able to generate (thank you!) and the media's coverage, Congress did not find the political will to protect the family as the 108th Congress came to a close.

But this is a new Congress, and as promised, we are not giving up.

Congressman Paul, a practicing physician for over 30 years, introduced the Parental Consent Act of 2005 (H.R. 181) on the first day of the new 109th Congress. Simply and directly, this bill would prohibit the use of federal funds for any universal mental-health screening.

We have a petition urging House Speaker Dennis Hastert and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to quickly schedule a vote on H.R. 181. Please sign that petition. Also, urge your U.S. representative to cosponsor H.R. 181 and work for its passage.

Congress and President Bush can act quickly when they want to act. In 2003, the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act was passed by Congress.................Full Article www.FreeMarketNews.com