Committee Work Begins
The RNC released the official list of those serving on the PLATFORM COMMITTEE today. As I mentioned yesterday, I am the Co-Chair for the “Protecting Our Families, Preserving Our Values Subcommittee.” The subcommittee is being Chaired by Pennsylvania State Senator Jane Orie. She serves the 40th Senatorial District in Pennsylvania.
Just to give you an idea of how the process works. The PLATFORM COMMITTEE will produce the overall PLATFORM for 2008. Each subcommittee has the responsibility of producing resolutions that will be adopted to make up the PLATFORM. C-SPAN2 carried some of the committee hearings live.
U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) is the PLATFORM Committee Co-Chairman. I had a chance to speak with him earlier today, and he was kind enough to pose for the photo above.
One thing I have noticed is a growing enthusiasm among those working on the PLATFORM committee and it is spreading through everyone here. It seems that we are building momentum at a good time, as we head into the convention.
Here are a couple of highlights from the subcommittee’s work. I think most socially conservative Republicans will be pleased with the direction the PLATFORM is heading. A few topics discussed during the subcommittee included: law enforcement, rights of religious people in the market place, sanctity of human life and traditional marriage. We also had a couple of notable conservative Constitutional lawyers on our subcommittee: Jim Bopp from Indiana and Kelly Shackleford from Texas. We were very fortunate to have such a strong subcommittee.
I will say I personally feel the statements concerning the sanctity of human life are stronger than they have been in the past.
Overall, I think the work from our subcommittee will be well received by Republicans everywhere.
Look for more updates later.
Senator Mike Fair