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Texas Convention of States mobilized together to work with the Texas Legislature to pass the COS resolution, SJR 2, in May 2017. It was a victory not just for COS, but for all Texans, that they may build a stronger state where everyone can thrive. Yet, our work has just begun.

Looking Ahead

 

It took years to get to this point where our rights are nothing more than talking points for the latest news cycle. It's going to take a monumental grassroots effort to restore the freedoms established by our Founding Fathers. In fact, it will require a grassroots army to do it. 

Expiration Date

Texas could lose momentum on the Convention of States thanks to a provision in the bill that contains an expiration date. Here is how YOU can help.

Can you easily travel to the Capitol in Austin, sometimes on short notice? We are building a Capitol Brigade of volunteers who can be available to show up at key legislative events during the 2025 session. If that's you, sign up here.

Because of Texas's size and role as a state full of liberty-loving patriots, we have a unique role in the future of America and in the Convention of States movement. We must not slow down.


Texas patriots at the Property Tax Rally send a musical warning to the legislature — April 16, 2019.

Engagement is our watchword! Not only do we need to stay engaged in order to bring about the ultimate ratification of the amendments that will be proposed at the convention, but more importantly, engagement is necessary to preserve America as a self-governing nation where We the People decide.

We always have a need for volunteers in Texas! We have a specific need for a State Grassroots Coordinator, and there are also House districts that are looking for a District Captain. See the Texas Action Prompt section below for more information or click here for a more complete list of positions.

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The grassroots are the key to victory -- high numbers ensure success. So are you ready to talk to your friends about the Convention of States Project?

Join our team as a District Captain!

Our goal is to find one District Captain in every Texas state house district. The District Captain's mission is simple: find 100 people in your district willing to contact their state legislators in support of Convention of States legislation next session.

It doesn't take a huge time commitment to make a difference. Five constituent phone calls is often enough to move an issue to the top of a state legislator's priority list. In person meetings are even more effective.

Get involved today by reaching out to your state legislators. Don't know what to say?

Download talking points here.

Could you serve as a State Grassroots Coordinator to help train house district grassroots coordinators? The State GC motivates and inspires the House District Teams led by the District Captains with ideas for recruitment and activities to achieve the 100 volunteer goal for each house district.

Apply to serve as a Grassroots Coordinator


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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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