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March 2021 Newsletter

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ACTION NEEDED! Con Con Bills Passed Senate!

S.R. 28 Requests Congress to Call Article V Constitutional Convention introduced January 28th by Senator Bill Cowsert would (a) limit terms for Representatives in the U.S. House and U.S. Senators. (b) It claims continuing application status until at least two-thirds of the 50 states apply on the same subject. It (c) suggests that Article V Constitutional Conventions can be limited by legislation. However, this bill, inadvertently, indicates otherwise with the latter part of this statement: “the General Assembly of Georgia insists that the convention be solely limited to strict consideration of the subject matter contained in this resolution and that the U.S. Congress enact a severe criminal penalty for persons who violate the finite scope of the call.” The underlined words indicate the probability that con con delegates may stray into other issues. It passed the Senate 34-20 on February 22nd and went to the House Rules Committee.

ACTION – Oppose. Since the Rules Committee has 37 members, please call Representatives Richard Smith Ch., 656-5141; V-Ch., Hatchett, 656-5025; Jasperse, Sec., 656-7153; Democrats Beverly, 656-5058; Drenner, 656-0202, and Holcomb, 656-6372, plus Republicans Ballinger, 656-7153; Kelley, 656-5024; and Carson, 656-7855.

S.R. 29 Application for an Article V Convention of States (COS) introduced January 28th by Senator Ben Cowsert requests that Congress pass a COS limited to passing a balanced budget amendment. The Senate passed it 34-20 February 22nd and it‟s in the House Rules Committee. The explanation of S.R. 28 also pertains to S.R. 29, which passed the Senate 34-20 on February 22nd, as well. Both S.R. 28 and S. R. 29 are in the House Rules Committee.

ACTION – Oppose. The Rules Committee has 37 members, please call the few members listed above under S.R. 28.

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January 2021 Newsletter

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Georgia General Assembly Convened January 11th

MEMBERS: Senate, 34 Republicans, 22 Democrats; House, 103 Republicans, 76 Democrats Vacant Seat: House District 90, Special Election February 9, 2021

COVID-19: Slightly Different House and Senate Rules Provide the Same Outcome
This year‟s session began January 11th, the second Monday of 2021, per the Constitution of the State of Georgia. Legislators and staff without COVID symptoms will have twice-weekly saliva-based tests conducted by the Georgia Tech Institute of Technology in Capitol Room 230.

Senators testing positive will quarantine at home until they test negative. Senate staff testing positive will be asked to telework and senators testing positive will be excused. The first tests were scheduled for January 5, and contact-tracing will be implemented.
Representatives and House staff experiencing COVID symptoms are asked not to report to the Capitol, but get off-site testing. Tests at the Capitol will be done on Mondays and Thursdays, with results reported to each individual within 24 hours. State funds will cover test costs. Masks are mandatory for officials, employees and visitors in the Capitol Complex.

The Page Program is suspended until further notice. The Chaplain of the Day will continue, but no guest may accompany the Chaplain into the House or Senate.
The House Gallery and Room 341 became over-flow locations for representatives who were displaced after every-other-desk was deemed to be unoccupied to acquire social distancing. Now, the House Gallery is equipped with microphones and voting machine connections.

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June 2020 Newsletter

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News Flash! Georgia General Assembly Expects to
Reconvene in Mid-June
Six Democrats Cosponsor Global Health Policies for Schools

Q. Why didn’t Senate Republicans stop S.B. 102?
“The health sector needs to seek integration within the education system – not education’s adoption of health priorities. The health sector must find its cultural anchor within education and integrate its processes and outcomes…. In short, health must find its cultural anchor within the education system.”
– Global School Health Symposium, Pattaya, Thailand, 2013

S.B. 102 Unlocking the Promise Community Schools Act by Senator Emanuel Jones passed the Senate 50 – 0 on March 12th and is poised to pass this session. It must be defeated. It requires community organizations, community partners, the Department of Education, public schools/charter schools, and the State Board of Education to implement the global strategy for “a sustainable whole child school plan of wraparound services and supports.”

S.B. 102 would embrace the World Health Organization (WHO) global initiative which calls for total integration of international health projects into school systems. If this passes, Georgia students would be inculcated with global ethics, morals, and values to replace Georgia- specific and America-specific ethics, morals, and values. Over 60 leading education, health, and school health experts from 20 countries, including the United States, concocted this scheme at the 2013 Global School Health Symposium in Pattaya, Thailand.

Seventy (70) U.S. Organizations Signed onto the Scheme. The following exemplify the 70:
American Associations of School Administrators, School Librarians, School Personnel Administrators, School Counselors, and School Health; Montessori Society; UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools; Character Education Partnership; GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian Straight Education Network); Human Rights Campaign Foundation; and Institute for Global Ethics
National Associations of Black School Educators, Gifted Children, Music Education, Elementary School Principals, School Nurses, School Psychologists, Secondary School Principals, State Boards of Education, NEA, Paideia Center, PTA, School Boards, School Social Work, Society for Public Education, and the School-Based Health Alliance

CDC Supports/Promotes WHO Strategy

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is promoting this scheme through the World Health Organization (WHO) program entitled, “Health in All Policies (HiAP).”
Online, the CDC states: “The National Prevention Strategy external icon provides a HiAP framework to guide our nation in the most effective and achievable means for improving health and well-being.” For more information about the National Prevention Strategy, CDC refers us to the Surgeon General’s website here.

ACTION – Oppose S.B. 102. It is a global scheme to infiltrate education with global health initiatives. Contact House Education Committee Representatives Jasperse, Ch., 404 656-5943; Cheokas, V-Ch., 656-0152; Benton, Sec., 656-5126; Belton, 656-3947; Cantrell, 656-0152; Carter, 656-0220; Dickerson, 656-0314; England, 463-2245; Erwin, 656-0188; Evans, 656-0109; Glanton, 657-183; Hill, 656-0325; Howard, 656-6372; Jones, J., 656-5072; Jones, T. 656-0213; LaRiccia, 651-7737; Lopez, 656-6372; Nix, 656-5146; Nguyen, 656-0314; Paris, 656-0109; Setzler.656-7857; Stovall, 656-0314; Tanner, 656-9210; and Wilson, 656-6372.

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May 2020 Newsletter

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Georgia Law Does Not Prohibit Mandatory Microchip Implantation

Are microchips relevant to COVID-19?
Yes. During the 2009 – 2010 legislative session a Georgia Public Health official suggested that microchip implants in humans could be used to identify individuals infected with H1N1 swine flu. Such implanted microchips would track, gather and store uniquely personal data, to be transmitted to a microchip reader far away. Seemingly, that never became a reality.

But consider this: Since the Georgia legislature has failed, repeatedly, to prohibit involuntary microchip implantation on or inside individuals, and since a vaccine is being researched to fight COVID-19, the idea of tracking disease by microchip implants may be suggested again.

Is a microchip small enough to implant in a human body via a vaccine?
Yes. Tiny microchips dubbed “smart dust” or “powder” are small enough to incorporate into thin paper, such as currency, to create so-called “bugged” money.

ACTION – Ask Governor Kemp’s Administrative Floor Leaders to introduce and secure passage of a bill that prohibits mandatory microchip implantation. Senate Administration Floor Leaders are Senators Brian Strickland, 404 656-7454 and Blake Tillery, 656-0089. House Administrative Floor Leaders are Representatives Bert Reeves, Jodi Lott, Terry Rogers and Dominic Lariccia. All four may be reached at 404 651-7737.

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