The people of Puerto Rico greatly appreciated Senator Durbin’s position and comments requesting the need to establish a formula to recover federal funds that have been paid, including funds already designated but not yet disbursed towards improvements to the Luís Muñoz Marín International Airport of Puerto Rico, before any plans to lease or privatize the airport may be approved. Not only has $105 million been allotted for the years 2010-2012 for airport improvements; the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorized charging $520 million in passengers’ fees (Passenger Facilities Charge –PFC) up to the year 2033. According to the contract, these monies would go directly to Aerostar Holdings LLC, the private corporation that would take over our airport.

The city of Houston, Texas has the best medical center in the country and one of the nicest sports venues in the U.S. in the Reliant Stadium but both of these signature Houston landmarks are located on and around streets which are barely driveable. I drive both of these routes daily and am constantly afraid that the very motor will be ripped out of my car. The city of Houston needs to completely resurface both Fannin and Main streets so that they are safe to drive without fear of permanent damage to your vehicle!

PERA has been around for 80 years and is successful and sustainable but is coming under attack by Right-wing Ideologues. PERA is only 2% of the Total State Budget, most coming from employees. I worked thirty one years with 8% coming out of my paycheck for my retirement. Now legislators want to take a huge economic stabilizer in our Colorado counties away and send money away to mutual fund managers in New York, San Francisco, etc.costing the state more.

Give peace to all. Love each other. Hope for the best!!!

I'am a proud parent of a 2 year old baby girl. When visiting parks, and while waiting at bus stops I have witnessed adults smoking around children. These adults not only put my daughter at risk of 2nd hand smoke but also your children. It is our duty to defend those who cannot fend for themselves therefore a ban must be put in place to protect our loved ones

Fresno County cannot afford to continue to poor hundreds of thousands of dollars defending a lawsuit they know they can not win. Too much money is wasted trying to hide or delay the ultimate judgement against the Fresno County Jail. Investing dollars used to fight this class action lawsuit, would go much further if it were used to the improve and restore conditions of adequate healthcare and mental health services to constituitonal standards. Fresno Co. Board of Supervisors you have that power, we demand that you use it! Settle this lawsuit and see to it that the defendants of this lawsuit focus on the priorities on improving adequate inmate healthcare and mental health services to constitutional standards at the Fresno County Jail.

We have kept goats in the past that were like members of the family and provided us with delicious and nutritious milk, cheese and yoghourt. We live in Albany and would like to keep them again.

Our postal system is the best in the world with a long tradition of keeping us in touch with the whole country and the world. Please DONT Dismantle IT. The US POstal system belongs to the American people

Last year the Minnesota Legislature passed the first Wolf hunt in decades by attaching it to a spending cut bill. Voting against this bill would have been political suicide so it was passed not for the Wolf hunt but as a result of the other expenditure cuts! Sneaky politics!!

We support a kentucky state law that bans and outlaws all use of any types of tobacco products cigarettes,cigars,tobacco snuff,chewing tobacco at all public buildings and all places of work or employment anywhere in the state of kentucky.

Eliminate hand-held devices while driving

Our goal is to save the U.S. Postal Service from drastic cuts in service. We want the postal service to cease closing mail processing plants. We want the postal service to continue 6 day delivery and we want the postal service to stop closing post offices and cutting retail operating hours. Our goal is to see the dramatic pre payments into retirement accounts to stop and be returned to the postal service. We are proud of our postal network in Vermont and want to keep it the way it is.