Posted on 04/17/2015 3:46:52 PM PDT by yoe
Dear Richard Meek,
Here is today's Sixty Second Activist ACTION ITEM:
ISSUE: Hillary Rodham Clinton has been trying for years to give government more control over children. Critics say the efforts undermine parental authority. Now, conservatives suspect Sen. Clinton may be hitching her political ambitions to still another "wagon."
Citing her concern for the health needs of children amid the threat of bioterrorism, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., recently introduced legislation that would establish a new task force and preparations for an attack in which children are affected.
[snip]ohn Paulton, of Focus on the Family, is suspicious of the New York senator's reasons for introducing legislation that links the terrorism threat to children's health care.
"Her attempts to bring this up at this time are clearly an attempt to tie it to the terrorist attacks and, thus, change the dynamics of the debate," Paulton said.
He continued: "She, along with Ted Kennedy, the senator from Massachusetts, have been relentless in their efforts to get any part of their agenda through on health care. And we need to be on guard not only against terrorist attacks, but against other people who would take political advantage of this climate we are in right now to get their agenda through Congress."
Health care workers say the idea that parents were not available after the Sept. 11 attacks to take care of their children is unsupported by facts.
Jeff Marchant, also of Focus on the Family, said Clinton might be using the opportunity to further concepts she promoted in her book, "It Takes A Village."
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