Enforcing and protecting the Civil Rights of ALL Americans should be of vital concern to all of us. As an LGBT individual the position of the Justice Department on such issues affects me very directly, but this is really not about me, this is about the millions of Americans, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Allies who find themselves or their loved ones being relinquished to second-class citizenship by Jeff Sessions' actions.

Backyard chicken keeping is a healthy, economic, and sustainable way to feed and enrich ourselves, our families and our community. Besides making great pets, hens provide us with fresh eggs and encourage local sustainable living, invoking our right to control our food supply. Backyard chicken keeping also offers educational opportunities.

The recent mass shootings in Las Vegas, one of the deadliest in our history not related to war.

Donald Trump has created a disturbing, negative effect on American politics and the society itself. His influence on our country must be stopped since it's continuation will very likely lead to yet more destructive results.

The mass killings in Las Vegas.

I'm outraged at this TRUMP Administration, and the neglect and Lack of immediate aid to Puerto Rico costing lives, and all he talks about is the money it will take to rebuild.

EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT PUERTO RICO AND DOING NOTHING, THE DEMOCRATS ARE ASKING FOR MONEY FOR ELECTIONS BUT NONE FOR PUERTO RICO. THE REPULICANS DOING NOTHING.

Experience and Transparency for the Office of President of America.

In this time of our ongoing cyber-war with Russia in which Russia is actively hacking our voter rolls and manipulating social media to create dissension in our country to weaken our democracy, it is especially important that the director of the criminal division of the Department of Justice HAVE NO CURRENT OR PREVIOUS TIES TO RUSSIA. In light of all his multiple Russian related investigations currently underway, for Trump to nominate Brian Benczkowski, a man with strong ties to Russia,** is a suspicious decision. To approve him would be unwise, unsafe, and compromise the independence of the Mueller investigation. IT THEREBY RISKS THE FUTURE OF OUR DEMOCRACY. ***Note the following suspicious connections and concerns regarding Benczkowski, as well as Benczkowski’s cavalier and reckless responses when asked about issues related to the Mueller investigations: 1. Benczkowski worked on the Trump campaign and transition from September 2016 to January 2017. 2. Benczkowski admits to representing Alfa Bank, one of Russia’s largest financial institutions with purported ties to Putin, in their effort to sue BuzzFeed over publishing the Trump-Russia dossier. 3. Benczkowski represented Russia's Alfa Bank until June 6 — the day he was formally nominated to lead the Justice Department's criminal division, even though Attorney General Jeff Sessions first approached him about the Justice Department position in April. 4. Benczkowski's additional work for Alfa Bank "went to the heart of the reported [FBI] investigations" (per Diane Fienstein) into the bank's involvement in unusual computer server activity with the Trump Organization during the election. 5. Alfa Bank's server repeatedly looked up the contact information for a computer server being used by the Trump Organization [during the election] — far more than other companies did, representing 80% of all lookups to the Trump server." Mr. Benczkowski said the bank hired his firm, Kirkland & Ellis, after additional odd data transmissions were detected in February and March, and that he oversaw an American computer security company’s work analyzing that traffic. Asked why he did not also have the firm look at data reaching back to last fall, Mr. Benczkowski disclosed that Alfa Bank had not retained its server traffic data from September to January because it was too voluminous. 6. After he found out about his potential nomination in April 2017, he continued his representation of Alfa Bank until his actual nomination in June 2017. 7. Diane Feinstein stated that it was "clear" to her that Benczkowski had knowledge of issues related to the ongoing investigation and therefore asked him if he would commit to recusing himself from cases involving Alfa Bank and matters involving Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia's election interference. Benczkowski would not commit to recusing himself.

We need a national anthem that unites Americans to form "a more perfect union," We need an anthem that celebrates our diversity which makes America "a meting pot of cultures and ideas" so that we can lead the world in peace and human achievements toward the betterment of mankind and the preservation of our planet. We must unshackle ourselves from our current anthem that celebrates war with bombs bursting and references to slavery.

This petition is to tell Congress and the president to either suspend or lift the Jones Act in Puerto Rico that is crippling Puerto Rico's economy, especially now during this humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico.

I expect my taxes to be spent wisely and for the general good of this country. Sec. Price has forgotten that he is a public servant.