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Georgia Surge Article


On March 6, 2014, the Georgia State Legislature passed the Convention of States (COS) Resolution. Georgia then became the first state in America to adopt this Resolution to:

1.    Limit the Power and Jurisdiction of the Federal Government

2.    Impose Fiscal Restraints on the Federal Government

3.    Place Term Limits on Federal Officials

This was the spark that ignited the newly formed national Convention of States (COS) organization to achieve 19 passed states over the next eight years. It inspired the beginning of a political and spiritual awakening in America.

However, when Georgia passed this Resolution, it was not the end of the journey for COS… it was just the beginning.

The Georgia Team immediately swung into action to grow a grassroots organization of volunteers to promote Federalism, Freedom, and Fundamental Rights within the State. 

For nearly 10 years now, we have been building and maintaining relationships with city and county officials and state legislators to help them pass legislation that the grassroots are aligned with.

An example of some of the things we do as a passed state are:

  • Our Team of Legislative Liaisons identifies issues and legislation that align with COS’s core values. We then work with the legislators who support these bills to help them get them passed, such as:
    • School Choice
    • Certificate of Need
    • Preventing COS Rescission Attempts
  • Our Leadership Team partners with other like-minded national organizations in Georgia such as the Heritage Foundation, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), and the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).
  • Energetic, hardworking, and knowledgeable teams are available to help Legislators looking for citizen support.
  • Our TelePatriot Team is a group of dedicated volunteers who contact legislators and citizens by phone or text messaging to encourage them to support and vote for pending legislation that COS is supporting. These Georgia TelePatriots campaigns are a significant contributor to the success of our legislative efforts.
  • Our Communications Team develops promotional material to create citizen awareness of the legislation COS supports. We educate citizens on the legislation itself. We promote the benefits. We build interest. We build support. We build enthusiasm. We build positive action through:
    • Social Media Sites
    • Email Campaigns
    • Radio Spots
    • Blog Articles
    • Our Monthly Newsletter (The Peach State Patriot) 

COS Georgia has created a grassroots army that works to preserve our Federalism, Freedom, and Fundamental Rights. 

We also work in lock step with our COS national organization to provide a unique combination of infrastructure tools as well as extensive education and training material. 

We are interested in meeting with our legislators on a regular basis to discuss projects and bills that may be of mutual interest and benefit. Contact us today if we can be of help to you in your legislative journey.

Jo’El Lapp
Georgia State Director
Convention of States
jo.lapp@cosaction.com
716-863-8208

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Physicians for COS

The diagnosis is clear.

We have a growing cancer today known as the Obamacare. As a result physicians are no longer free to practice medicine.

No profession feels the full force of the federal government more than physicians. The medical profession is the most highly regulated profession in the United States. The practice of medicine is controlled, taxed, and regulated to the point of being destroyed by the heavy hand of the federal government.

Physicians are told how to bill, how much to charge, and how to treat patients. They are mandated to use expensive electronic medical records. The federally enacted HIPPA (Health Information Privacy and Portability Act) makes the communication between physicians and atients burdensome, inefficient,and expensive. Every physician is required by federal mandate to register with the government to obtain an NPI (national provider identifier.) We are required by federal law to obtain and pay for a license to prescribe medication through the DEA, which is separate from our state licensure.

This heavy hand of government not only oversees the largest federal health bureaucracy ever created, but by extension reaches into every state, every city, and every small town to regulate how every licensed physician practices the art of medicine and how citizens obtain care.

The treatment is also clear.

The prescription for a cure was written into our constitution by our founders. Article V of our constitution allows for the states to call for a convention of states to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government through the proposal of constitutional amendments. Physicians should be the strongest supporters of this brilliantly-crafted states’ rights tool placed into our constitution by our founders.

I urge my fellow American physicians to join with me in supporting an Article V Convention of States to take back control of the practice of medicine. It’s the only way that we can return the practice of medicine back to the intimate relationship between a doctor and patient without interference by the heavy hand of a distant, national government.

Jeffrey I. Barke, M.D. Family Physician Newport Beach, CA
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