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It's Time for the Ohio General Assembly to ACT!

Are your state legislators ready to be part of the solution to unchecked federal overreach? (See our list below to find out!)

The Ohio General Assembly has the power, under Article V of the Constitution, to join with her sister states at a convention to propose constitutional amendments that would:

  • limit federal spending
  • set term limits for Congress, bureaucrats, and
  • place additional limits on federal power.

Nearly 2/3s of American voters--across party lines--support this effort. Recent polling by The Trafalgar Group, one of the most accurate polling organizations in the nation, indicates that 81.3% of Republicans, 63.3% of Independents, and 50.2% of Democrats, support measures calling for a Convention of the States to propose constitutional amendments that would impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit its power and jurisdiction, and set term limits for federal bureaucrats.

The measure is pending in the Ohio House and Senate right now--HJR 1 and SJR 4. Where do your state legislators stand? We need to thank and encourage the ones who have committed to vote "YES" and pin down the ones who have not yet committed.

Senators and Representatives who Support Convention of States (Please thank them!):

R - Michael Rulli (Primary Sponsor)
R - Rob McColley (Primary Sponsor)
R - Theresa Gavarone
R - Kristina Roegner
R - Frank Hoagland
R - Jerry Cirino
R - Nathan Manning
R - Bob Peterson
R - Andy Brenner
R - Steve Huffman
R - Terry Johnson
R - Mark Romanchuk
R - Stephanie Kunze
R - Matt Huffman
R - George Lang
R - Jay Hottinger
R - Bill Blessing

R - Riordan McClain (Primary Sponsor)
R - Craig Riedel (Primary Sponsor)
R - Adam Holmes (Co-sponsor)
R - Darrell Kick (Co-sponsor)
R - Scott Lipps (Co-sponsor)
R - Dick Stein (Co-sponsor)
R - Gayle Manning (Co-sponsor)
R - Derek Merrin (Co-sponsor)
R - Bill Seitz (Co-sponsor)
R - Tom Patton (Co-sponsor)
R - Tim Ginter (Co-sponsor)
R - Adam Bird (Co-sponsor)
R - Tom Young (Co-sponsor)
R - Jean Schmidt (Co-sponsor)
R - Thomas Hall (Co-sponsor)
R - Rodney Creech (Co-sponsor)
R - Marilyn John (Co-sponsor)
R - Gail Pavliga
R - Mike Loychik
R - Mark Johnson
R - Cindy Abrams
R - Sara Carruthers
R - Mark Fraizer
R - Jeff LaRe
R - Diane Grendell
R - Shane Wilkin
R - Kris Jordan
R - Paul Zeltwanger
R - Kyle Koehler
R - Jim Hoops
R - Jon Cross
R - Brian Baldridge
R - Brett Hillyer
R - Tracy Richardson
R - D.J. Swearingen
R - Susan Manchester
R - Brian Lampton
R - Shawn Stevens

 
Senators and Representatives who Have Not Committed:

R - Kirk Schuring
R - Steve Wilson
R - Matt Dolan
R - Sandra O'Brien
R - Tim Schaffer
R - Niraj Antani
R - Bill Reineke
R - Bob Hackett
D - Sandra Williams
D - Cecil Thomas
D - Vernon Sykes
D - Hearcel Craig
D - Nickie Antonio
D - Teresa Fedor
D - Tina Maharath
D - Kenny Yuko
R - Bill Dean
R - Sarah Fowler Arthur
R - Jason Stephens
R - Scott Wiggam
R - Sharon Ray
R - Reggie Stoltzfus
R - Haraz Ghanbari
R - Gary Click
R - Jena Powell
R - Phil Plummer
R - Jay Edwards
R - Andrea White
R - Laura Lanese
R - Scott Oelslager
R - Bill Roemer
R - Bob Cupp
R - Al Cutrona
R - Don Jones
R - Tom Brinkman
R - Brian Stewart
R - A. Nino Vitale
R - Jennifer Gross
R - Jamie Callender
D - Paula Hicks-Hudson
D - Mike Sheehy
D - Thomas West
D - Jessica Miranda
D - Lisa Sobecki
D - Terrence Upchurch
D - Michael O'Brien
D - Casey Weinstein
D - Tavia Galonski
D - Emilia Sykes
D - Sedrick Denson
D - Michele Lepore-Hagan
D - Catherine Ingram
D - Brigid Kelly
D - Allison Russo
D - David Leland
D - Beth Liston
D - Rich Brown
D - Mary Lightbody
D - Kristin Boggs
D - Adam Miller
D - Jeffrey Crossman
D - Bride Sweeney
D - Mike Skindell
D - Juanita Brent

If you support these reforms, please let your Ohio Senator and Representative know!  Click HERE to send a short message right now. Our system will automatically match you (based on your address) to your Senator and Representative, with a sample message suited to their position on COS. Those positions are listed below for your information.

Click here to get involved!

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
Convention of states action

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