Team, I am looking forward to going to the Mt. Vernon assembly this weekend to represent Arizona as we discuss a possible Convention of States. When I heard about it, I instantly wanted to be at the table so that I would know what was being said and done, and strongly oppose the efforts if I found them to be dangerous for our great country. As time has gone by and I have studied this issue, I am becoming increasingly supportive of the idea and less worried about a runaway convention. For the record, this is not a Constitutional Convention at all, but rather exercising Article V's provisions that the 2/3 of the States can also propose an Amendment, and that 3/4 of those States would need to ratify that Amendment.



Therefore, I am going with a healthy measure of skepticism, and a generous amount of enthusiasm for what we will be discussing. My number one priority is protecting this great Constitution, and seeing a runaway Federal government brought under control. Gen. George Mason (VA) saw that the States needed to also be included when it came to proposing Amendments because no runaway Congress would propose an amendment to reign themselves in. His prophetic worry is now set before us and we must ask ourselves if it is time for the States to step in. If that happens, you can be assured that I want to be at that table making sure it is done correctly.



I will be sending out updates on my Twitter pages as it is happening, and I will post a summary of what happened here for you to read.



Godspeed,

Rep. Kelly Townsend