Jim Ramstad: “today, with over 3,000 of my constituents who have called on this issue since last Friday, I rise in strong support of…”

“today, with over 3,000 of my constituents who have called on this issue since last Friday, I rise in strong support of the Armey amendment to H.R. 6. These lists represent only calls, and each sheet contains 8 to 10 calls; the single largest outpouring on any issue I have received since I came to Congress in 1991. In all these calls, not a single person expressed support for imposing teacher certification on home or private schools. The Armey amendment will protect, fully, private, religious, and home schools from Federal interference. Not one State in this country requires that home schoolers be certified, yet unless we pass the Armey amendment there is a real danger that Congress will tell families, State governments, and local school districts that it knows better how to manage their affairs. I urge my colleagues to support the Armey amendment to protect home school, private schools and parochial schools from the Federal Government's attempt to take away their economy.”