We support legislation requiring a super-majority vote in both houses of Congress to raise taxes. Government also has a responsibility to protect personal privacy. . . . Citizens must have the confidence that their personal privacy will be respected in the use of technology by both business and government. That privacy is an essential part of our personal freedom and our family life. . . . Education and Opportunity . . .
Nothing is more important than literacy, and yet many children have trouble reading. . . .
We recognize that under the American constitutional system, education is a state, local, and family responsibility, not a federal obligation. Since over 90 percent of public school funding is state and local, not federal, it is obvious that state and local governments must assume most of the responsibility to improve the schools, and the role of the federal government must be progressively limited as we return control to parents, teacher, and local school boards. . . . The Republican Congress rightly opposed attempts by the Department of Education to establish federal testing that would set the stage for a national curriculum. We believe it's time to test the Department, and each of its programs, instead. . . . We defend the option for home schooling and call for vigilant enforcement of laws designed to protect family rights and privacy in education.