To All Concerned Voters, “The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation Congress has ever passed. Last year's Supreme Court decision weakened critical provisions of it. Right now, Congress can restore those protections by passing this important bill. Congressman Joe Garcia should support this effort by cosponsoring and fighting for a strong bill.” Thanks for your support! Rick Doss

Hello All, “The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation Congress has ever passed. Last year's Supreme Court decision weakened critical provisions of it. Right now, Congress can restore those protections by passing this important bill. Congressman Joe Garcia should support this effort by cosponsoring and fighting for a strong bill.” Thanks for your support! Rick Doss

self and numerous people I know have to cut back our activities in winter because of the air quality. It has to be affecting our children grandchildren. Will businesses want to expand or come here with our air conditions? Let's move forward on tightening our auto pollution standards, expanding mass transit, converting our trucks, cars and busses to natural gas, using low-sulpher gasoline, etc.

“The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation Congress has ever passed. Last year's Supreme Court decision weakened critical provisions of it. Right now, Congress can restore those protections by passing this important bill. Rep. Garcia should support this effort by cosponsoring and fighting for a strong bill.”

Arizona needs it; the nation needs it. Voter restriction and discrimination laws are sweeping Republican controlled states. We need national legal tools to fight it.

We must get big money out of politics. It's destroying our democracy.

DO NOT TAKE AWAY TRICARE PRIME RIGHTS TO ANY RETIREES Our military retirees have all worked hard and served 20 or more years for their country lets not abandon them now by taking away their rights to TriCare Prime. Many retirees military families served in the military with the promise that they would have these benefits for their families after being retired. It is un just to take away these benefits for any retirees! CBO Studies Removing Retirees from Tricare Prime Military.comJan 21, 2014 | by Richard Sisk Barring working-age military retirees from TRICARE Prime would be the most cost-effective way of slowing the growth of Defense Department health care expenses that have jumped 130 percent from 2000-2012, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis. The non-partisan CBO explored various options to include changing the eligibility for TRICARE Prime which would produce the biggest savings in the Pentagon's health care budget -- nearly $90 billion over 10 years, the CBO report estimated. The CBO analysis, released last week, was prepared at the request of Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., chairman of the House Budget Committee. Current health care costs for DoD amount to about $52 billion annually, the CBO said, and only a formula involving increased cost-sharing for retirees who use TRICARE "has the potential to generate significant savings for DoD," the CBO said. All other approaches, such as better management and eliminating waste, "would not address the primary drivers of health care costs for DoD," the CBO said. The biggest savings would come from changes in current programs to "make working-age retirees and their families ineligible for TRICARE Prime, the most costly program for DoD, but allow them to continue using other TRICARE plans after paying an annual fee," the CBO said. "Shifting current cost-sharing arrangements so that beneficiaries pay a greater percentage of their health care costs would reduce DoD's spending significantly, primarily by encouraging people to leave TRICARE in favor of other providers," the CBO said. "It also would encourage those who continued to participate in TRICARE to use fewer services." The proposed TRICARE changes were expected to generate major opposition from veterans service organizations. Joe Davis, a spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, questioned the CBO numbers but said the report following on other major program initiatives advocated by DoD indicated that "the Pentagon is opening up a new front in the war on retirees. This is a threat to the all-volunteer force," Davis said. The VFW and other service organizations are currently battling cuts to the cost-of-living adjustment for working-age military retirees under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 worked out by Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. RELATED TOPICS TRICARE Richard Sisk

"The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation that Congress has ever passed. Last year's Supreme Court decision weakened critical pieces of our Voting Rights Act.That which is needed to fix (VRA) can now be restored by Congress by passing this important bill. Congress which will restore the(VRA) protection.Thank You, for supporting this effort by cosponsoring and making strong this bill."

THIS ISSUE WILL AFFECT ALL AMERICANS !

"The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation that Congress has ever passed. Last year's Supreme Court decision weakened critical pieces of our Voting Rights Act.That which is needed to fix (VRA) can now be restored by Congress by passing this important bill. Congress which will restore the(VRA) protection.Thank You, for supporting this effort by cosponsoring and making strong this bill."

I spend a lot of time along the Mississippi River doing what I love--photographing birds and wildlife. Last year I started noticing a huge increase in the amount of rail activity along the river. I was seeing a lot of mile-long trains carrying nothing but tanker cars. After some investigative work I realized the tanker cars were carrying crude oil from the Bakken Region of North Dakota and Canada. These tanker cars (called DOT-111) have too thin of a skin to withstand most derailments, have valves and controls that are easily ripped off in accidents and do not have crush guards on the front and rear of the tanks.

My family and many other Americans fought hard for civil rights and the right of all citizens to vote. It's a disgrace to see it gutted and we owe it to all those who fought for this to make sure it is protected.