As a Jew, I am appalled by Israel's brutal assault on non-violent protesters. I believe that the best hope for peace and security for all is for Israel to end its illegal siege of Gaza and its occupation of the West Bank.

Donald Trump just illegally bombed Syria, can’t wait to scrap the Iran deal, and is building more “usable” nukes. And he is literally building a war cabinet. Congress should be taking urgent steps to restrict the president’s war-making ability. Instead, Sens. Bob Corker and Tim Kaine’s proposed new Authorization for the Use of Military Force, or AUMF, would give Trump a blank check for worldwide, endless war. Tell the Senate: Vote no on the Corker-Kaine AUMF.

I along with millions of Americans are sick and tired of our war mongering government , spending trillions why our infrastructure crumbles and seniors go bankrupt dealing with escalating medical bills that our congress neglects to address .

I have been conducting extensive research. In this effort, I have found that the United States has been taking actions against other nations based on false, incomplete or inaccurate information. It is now time for the Citizens to take back control and end this atrocity.

Many decent Israeli teens—drafted into the Israeli army—have been ordered  to shoot into crowds of unarmed civilian Gazans protesters. Following these orders is a violation of international law and human rights, and might be punishable decades from now in light of the many Gazans who have already been killed or wounded, yet refusing an order from their superior officers would likely result in being jailed by the Israeli military. These soldiers should not be placed in this situation, and nonviolent protesters should not be met with lethal force. The massacre of unarmed Palestinians living in Gaza is a violation of international law and universally accepted standards of human rights. B'tselem, the Israeli Human Rights organization, has called upon Israelis to recognize that they have an obligation in International Law to reject the orders of superiors that tell them to shoot into crowds of unarmed civilians, even if a handful of those civilians take provocative actions like attempting to cut down the border fence or burn tires or even throw Molotov cocktails at the well-armed Israeli soldiers (though most of those killed and the thousands who have been wounded by Israeli guns in this latest outburst of violence did none of these things).

The people of Syria do not deserve to be bombed based on an allegation that Assad may be responsible for using chlorine gas on his own people. Regime change in the Middle East has proven disastrous in both Iraq and Libya. The United States must not commit further immoral attacks on innocent civilians. No war on the people of Syria.

The United States needs a secretary of state who will represent the best principles of our nation to the rest of the world. Mike Pompeo is not that person. He is a supporter of the Global Gag Rule, which hurts our ability to promote reproductive health around the world. He opposes LGBTQ rights. As the top recipient of campaign donations from the Koch brothers, he has stymied action on one of the world’s most serious security threats: global climate change. He supports the use of torture. He has longstanding relationships with anti-Muslim extremists. And his hawkish views on Iran and North Korea could very well lead us into another disastrous war. For all of these reasons, Mike Pompeo is absolutely the wrong choice to serve as the United States’ top diplomat, and the U.S. Senate should #StopPompeo by voting "no" on his nomination.

I believe that nuclear war is the greatest existential threat we face as human beings

Donald Trump is renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. He wants a new NAFTA that would destroy our climate, let Big Ag roll back food warning labels and gut other public health and environmental regulations. In short, Trump’s NAFTA is a disaster for people and the planet. The only ones who will benefit are Big Ag and corporate polluters. So we need your help to stop this deal!

In March, Trump announced that his new pick for Secretary of State is Mike Pompeo. Pompeo is the hateful, racist, warmongering spawn of the Koch Brothers. Pompeo is anti-science, anti-environment, and anti-peace. We have to stop him from becoming the next Secretary of State.

Donald Trump is marching us toward war—or multiple wars—if his latest nominees and appointees are and indication. Mike Pompeo, Trump's pick to run the State Department, opposes diplomatic agreements including the successful Iran Nuclear Deal, supports torture, and received the top award from a known anti-muslim hate group. We cannot trust his judgement to run the U.S. State Department, whose main mission is diplomacy, not war. Gina Haspel has defended the CIA use of torture. We cannot trust her to run the CIA and protect human and civil liberties. John Bolton has a history of bad decisions that have contributed to massive loss of life. He was a booster for the Iraq War. More recently, he penned an op-ed on the case for war with North Korea. He just can't be trusted at all - yet Trump appointed him to National Security Advisor. Trump pushed out his secretary of state and national security adviser who had helped restrain Trump's desire for war. His new appointees would be far worse—putting us all at risk. As a first step to protecting the balance of power, blocking a reckless war cabinet, and preventing unnecessary and costly wars: The Senate and must reject Pompeo's nomination as Secretary of State.

Through investments in development and improving health, the number of children who die each year before age five has halved since 1990. The REACH Act will continue this trend to help end preventable child and maternal deaths worldwide, by initiating a more efficient allocation of funds.