Urgent- Call Senate Today Re New Freedom Init.

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U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121

 

Two legislative actions could be voted on today or

tomorrow in the Senate: See below for related

article;

 

1. The National ID legislation

 

2. The Freedom Initiative for psychological testing

is included in the Omnibus Spending Appropriation Bill

which will be voted on today or tomorrow before the

end of session at 12 noon Saturday.

 

Please call your senator immediately asking that none

of the funds made available should be used for any

mandatory mental health testing of children under 18

without the permission of their guardian.

 

Also, support Congressman Ron Paul (of Texas)

amendment which denies any expenditure for funding of

mental health testing of children.

 

‘This week, Paul offered the following language to the

omnibus bill:

 

" None of the funds made available for State Incentive

Grants for Transformation should be used for any

programs of mandatory or universal mental-health

screening that performs mental-health screening on

anyone under 18 years of age without the express,

written permission of the parents or legal guardians

of each individual involved. "

 

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Related Article:

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2004/181104healthscreening.htm

 

Lawmaker tries to block mental-health screening

Rep. Paul offers language to require parental consent

for evaluating kids

 

World Net Daily | November 18 2004

 

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is making a final attempt this

week to lessen the impact of a new program that calls

for all the nation's children to be screened for

mental-health problems, offering language to the

federal omnibus spending bill that would require

parental consent before such testing could be done.

 

As WorldNetDaily reported, in September Paul attempted

to have the program removed from Labor, HHS and

Education Appropriations Act. His amendment failed the

House of Representatives by a vote of 95-315.

 

This week, Paul offered the following language to the

omnibus bill:

 

" None of the funds made available for State Incentive

Grants for Transformation should be used for any

programs of mandatory or universal mental-health

screening that performs mental-health screening on

anyone under 18 years of age without the express,

written permission of the parents or legal guardians

of each individual involved. "

 

The program in question was proposed by the New

Freedom Commission on Mental Health, which President

Bush established in 2002. The New Freedom Initiative

recommends screening not only for children but

eventually for every American.

 

Critics of the plan say it is a thinly veiled attempt

by drug companies to provide a wider market for

high-priced antidepressants and antipsychotic

medication, and puts government in areas of Americans'

lives where it does not belong.

 

The congressman, who is known for his strict adherence

to the Constitution, wrote in a letter to his

colleagues before the September vote: " As you know,

psychotropic drugs are increasingly prescribed for

children who show nothing more than children's typical

rambunctious behavior. Many children have suffered

harmful effects from these drugs. Yet some parents

have even been charged with child abuse for refusing

to drug their children. The federal government should

not promote national mental-health screening programs

that will force the use of these psychotropic drugs

such as Ritalin. "

 

The New Freedom Commission found that " despite their

prevalence, mental disorders often go undiagnosed " and

recommended comprehensive mental-health screening for

" consumers of all ages, " including preschool children.

 

Kent Snyder of the Paul-founded Liberty Committee

explained in an e-mail alert to supporters that " key

members of the House leadership attempted to add Dr.

Paul's language to the omnibus spending bill, but some

members of the Senate objected.

 

" So now the question of whether your kids can be

subjected to forced psychological testing – and

perhaps even forced drugging – rests in the hands of

the U.S. Senate. "

 

Snyder says the omnibus spending bill likely will be

finalized tomorrow morning, and he encourages people

to contact their U.S. senators to express support for

the Paul language.

 

" Just as we convinced the House leadership to support

the Paul language, we must now go to work to convince

the Senate, " said Snyder.

 

Talk-radio hosts Dr. Laura Schlessinger and G. Gordon

Liddy have championed Paul's language and urged

listeners to contact their senators.

 

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