It is wrong to hurt innocent people for profit. We have been under pricing oil for years that has affected the Veneuelan economy badly. The economy falls and we must help the people trapped in the country. The way to do that is give them a way to make a living.

The New York Tines reports that war mongers in the Trump administration are planning on sending thousands of troops to the Middle East to threaten Iran. We urge you to stand against this illegal plan and oppose any funding or approval for military action against the Iranian government or the people of the country, and to use your voice to speak out against violence and aggression against Iran.

For those skeptical about being able to finance a "Green New Deal," this bill could provide that funding, if Congress would take it seriously. “Our bill is as timely as ever,” Norton said in her press release. “Although the United States possesses one of the largest nuclear arsenals, there are still plans to spend trillions of dollars more on these doomsday weapons while urgent domestic needs, including health care, infrastructure, and clean energy, face funding shortfalls. The United States can reestablish our moral leadership in the world by redirecting these funds to urgent domestic issues, not preparing for human extinction.” It's far past time to reverse this madness. Congress can do it. Eleanor Holmes Norton has been trying to do it! It's been stuck in the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committee. It needs to get to the floor for a vote ... WITHOUT mark-ups! Will you please help?

50 Americans are living in the Embassy of Venezuelan in Washington, DC. Members of Code Pink and other fringe groups have been living inside the embassy since April 10 in support of the illegitimate Maduro Regime. As the United States recognized Juan Guaido as interim President of Venezuela on January 23, 2019, The Venezuelan American community in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia has since April 30th gathered in the hundreds outside of the Embassy to protest the trespassing of these groups and has organized to stay vigilant 24 hours resisting further trespassers in what it calls #OperacionLibertadDC.

As a student concerned about child labor in the global supply chain, I’m writing this to urge you to introduce a new bill that would make Cobalt a conflict material within the Democratic Republic of Congo. Based on your support for international humanitarian efforts, I am hoping you will be in support of this and the peace it will bring thousands of people. The Congo supplies over half of the world’s cobalt, which has put pressure on their mines to increase production as global demand has skyrocketed. This has caused them to quickly need more workers, and they have turned to children to fill the gap. There are an estimated 40,000 child laborers working in these mines, accounting for just under half of all cobalt miners. These children work 12 hour days without protection, putting them at risk of asphyxiation or other accidental death, for compensation of only $1-2 per day. Working in these mines not only puts children’s health at risk but also their social growth, as they have no time to interact with other children and have fun. In addition, many kids drop out of school to work full time in the mines and never get a thorough education. This leads to lower paying jobs as adults and ultimately puts them at a disadvantage later in life. Something has to change. Currently, section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act includes gold, tin, and tungsten, but cobalt is noticeably absent. The increased regulation on the listed minerals has had a tremendous positive effect on how these minerals are sourced. Transparency requirements along the global supply chain have helped to audit 75% of mines for these minerals. Furthermore, 79% of tin and tungsten miners in the Congo now work at conflict-free mines that are considered “peaceful”, defined as an absence of child labor, reasonable working conditions, and fair compensation. Inspecting these mines for legality and cooperation with child labor laws have helped to reduce the number of children mining for conflict minerals. The problem is that children have a new industry to turn to: cobalt mining. By adding cobalt to the list of conflict materials, mines would need to be checked for child labor, and companies would be forced to find other sources. Children could escape the dangerous mines and have a chance at a childhood and an education. This law has caused enormous improvements in other mineral’s mines, and it would help children mining for cobalt just as much. I hope you will consider action in Congress that would either introduce new legislature or edit the existing bill to solve this dire problem. The children need our action to free them from their enslavement, and I firmly believe that this legislature is the first step towards them. Thank you for your time, The Students of Vernon Hills High School

In order to work toward world cooperation and invest in human needs to solve pressing problems like climate change and humanitarian crises, it's time to commit to ending U.S. wars. Since 2001, the war authorization has been used for military endeavors in dozens of countries, in the Middle East, Africa, Central and South Asia. After over 17 years of war and trillions of dollars spent, it's time to end the Forever War by repealing the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force and holding the perpetrators of war crimes accountable.

To ensure Mali government is taking necessary measures to protect civilians.

I am a Jewish liberal and am very concerned with the very biased survey that was ran by moveon.org to encourage boycotting of the AIPAC conference. I fear that this great liberal movement is being misled by people with hidden agendas.

The United States has been in a state of continuous, global, open-ended military conflict since 2001. We have been at war for so long that Americans born 17 years ago can now enlist to fight in a war that began before they were born. These wars have had devastating consequences for the military community, our nation, and the whole planet. As veterans and military families, we are tired of endless war, and we are asking our leaders to pledge that they will bring these wars to an end. We are also demanding that Congress reclaim its powers of oversight on matters of foreign policy. We cannot afford more reckless wars, and we need Democratic leaders who will boldly stand for a progressive, moral vision of U.S. involvement overseas.

Any progressive vying to be the Democratic nominee for president should skip the AIPAC conference. Here are four reasons why: #1. AIPAC spent tens millions of dollars in 2015 to defeat the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by President Obama along with our European and international allies––a historic diplomatic agreement that Trump has tried to derail since taking office. #2. This year's AIPAC conference is headlined by Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, under whose leadership, according to the U.N., Israel may have committed war crimes in attacks on Gaza. Netanyahu has also been indicted on bribery and fraud charges, and he recently made a deal to bring the "Israeli KKK" ultra-racist party into the next government. #3. AIPAC has been known to peddle anti-Muslim and anti-Arab rhetoric while giving platforms to Islamophobes. #4. AIPAC has refused to condemn the antisemitism of Republicans, such as Trump’s friend and advisor Steve Bannon. Bannon’s wife reported that he had their kids removed from a school because of “the number of Jews that attend”, and that “he didn’t want the girls going to school with Jews. While many groups condemned Bannon, Politico reported that AIPAC “declined to weigh in." Many candidates have now confirmed they are not attending the conference. And it is time for others to join them!

Trump's latest budget proposal would increase Pentagon spending to an inexplicable $750 billion next year, while cutting Medicare and Medicaid. Last year, the Pentagon spent $22 million of taxpayer money on lobster tail. The Pentagon also failed its first-ever comprehensive audit in November. A department that has spent trillions of dollars in the past decade can't explain where all the money has gone. Spending billions of dollars on war (and lobster tail apparently) is seen as perfectly acceptable while those in power try to count every penny when it comes to comprehensive domestic programs like Medicare for All or free college. It's time to set our priorities straight. And progressive leaders, those currently in power and those vying for president, must make it absolutely clear that our priorities are to invest in programs that make the world a better place––from international initiatives to stem climate change to domestic programs providing Medicare for everyone. Sign the petition to let current and future elected progressives know they must commit to reallocating the excessive Pentagon budget.

As people of conscience residing in Kansas Congressional District 03, we respectfully request that Representative Davids rejects the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)-sponsored trip to Israel and instead accompany Representative Rashida Tlaib on her alternative trip to the West Bank. Israel denies Palestinians their basic human rights. They imprison children in a military court system, demolish Palestinian homes, subject Palestinians to checkpoints, have created a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and ban millions of refugees from returning to their homes and lands. A March, 2019 U.N. report found Israel intentionally targeted unarmed children and journalists during the peaceful protests in Gaza. Anyone who travels with AIPAC to Israel will not see the reality of Israel’s military occupation. Instead, they will see only and exactly what Israel wants them to see. The purpose of AIPAC-sponsored trips is to cover up Israel’s human rights violations and continue unchecked U.S. financial and diplomatic support for Israel- all at the expense of Palestinians. Two members of Congress, Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have already announced they will be skipping the AIPAC trip. Please do the right thing and join them. Stand up for justice and against apartheid. Skip AIPAC’s trip to Israel and travel to the West Bank with Rep Tlaib.