Four U.S. House members from North Carolina signed a letter calling for the firing of an education official charged with advocating school safety.

The letter to President Barack Obama was signed by 53 Republicans who say that Kevin Jennings is unfit because he has been "promoting homosexuality and pushing a pro-homosexual agenda in America’s schools," according to a copy of the Oct. 15 letter published by The Hill.

Throughout his career, Mr. Jennings has made it his mission to establish special protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered students to the exclusion of all other students. The totality of Mr. Jennings’ career has been to advocate for public affirmation of homosexuality. There is more to safe and drug free schools than can be accomplished from the narrow view of Mr. Jennings who has, for more than 20 years, almost exclusively focused on promoting the homosexual agenda.

The signers from the state delegation are Sue Myrick (R-Charlotte), Walter Jones (R-Farmville), Patrick McHenry (R-Cherryville) and Virginia Foxx (R-Banner Elk).

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U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry says President Barack Obama's "czars" should have to testify before Congress.

It's one of the hot issues of the moment among conservatives — that Obama has appointed dozens of special advisors, known as czars in Obama's and previous administrations.

The complaint is that Congress has no confirmation authority as it does with cabinet members. Other presidents have appointed czars, but Obama's trouble McHenry, a Cherryville Republican.

"It's apparent they seem to be making some big decisions," McHenry said last week on Fox News. "The Obama administration has done what previous administrations have done, but they've done it in a much wider way."

Obama's "green jobs" czar, Van Jones, resigned over the Labor Day weekend after reports linked him to efforts several years ago suggesting a U.S. government role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Banner Elk Republican, says Jones highlights the need to reign in the czars.

"As the recent dust-up over President Obama’s green jobs czar shows, transparency and accountability matter," Foxx said in a statement. "I believe that every President should be advised by the best and brightest our country has to offer. But I am concerned that the proliferation of unaccountable czars threatens to undermine our system of checks and balances."