It s in cooperation with the City of Ponca City, business, and the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education. Istook says the only one of his initiatives which attracted White House opposition was the Internet filtering requirement, but that the White House nevertheless has already agreed to language in the bill. Oklahoma has a lot at stake in this bill, said Istook, and it s not only money. It s also promoting the values which are so important to us as Oklahomans and as Americans. The federal government should be endorsing the values parents teach to their children, not undercutting them.
Parents deserve to know that their kids are safe at the public library and school computer lab.
Too many government programs have been values-free. It's been rare for programs to support what parents teach their kids, like waiting until marriage to have sex. It's time to give more support to our families' values. That's what these initiatives finally do. And as good as these additional funds are for Oklahoma, they're also good deal for all taxpayers, said Istook.