Arizona Representatives Vote To Microchip People With Mental Health Issues

Rep. Paul Gosar was the only Arizona representative that voted against the Orwellian H.R. 4919, known as Kevin and Avonte’s Law, this week. The legislation, which provides for microchip tracking devices to be placed in people deemed mentality ill, passed on a vote of 346 to 66.

Rep. Louie Gohmert, in his floor speech, chatised Republicans who supported the bill, “It is absolutely staggering that the Republican majorities in the House and Senate could be so blind to government overreach that they would allow a federal tracking program, not for criminals in the U.S., not for terrorists, not for illegal immigrants or even immigrants who commit crimes, but for people with ‘developmental disabilities’ a term that is subject to wide misinterpretation. The Senate Republican leaders even brought it to the floor with almost no one there and asked that the new Big Brother program be passed without even having a vote at all – someone just asks for ‘unanimous consent.’ Since no one is advised about the bill being brought up, no one who would object knows to be there, so it passes without anyone ever actually voting for it.”

“While this initiative may have noble intentions, ‘small and temporary’ programs in the name of safety and security often evolve into permanent and enlarged bureaucracies that infringe on the American people’s freedoms. That is exactly what we have here. A safety problem exists for people with Alzheimer’s, autism and other mental health issues, so the fix, we are told, is to have the Department of Justice, start a tracking program so we can use some device or method to track these individuals 24/7,” continued Gohmert.

H R 4919      2/3 YEA-AND-NAY      8-Dec-2016      10:50 AM
QUESTION:  On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
BILL TITLE: To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease and Patient Alert Program, and to promote initiatives that will reduce the risk of injury and death relating to the wandering characteristics of some children with autism