Yes, I've been affected. I work for a research department at a Miami University and the sequester threatens our funds. Jobs will be lost. Everyone is very scared.

As you read this, the Gang of 8 (a group of Senators) are working to introduce an immigration reform bill this year. Senator Chuck Schumer (D) from New York-- a member of the Gang of 8--has been a longtime supporter for the LGBTQ community and receives funding from mainstream LGBTQ organizations. However, so far, he has been silent on this issue in his talk on immigration reform. Senator Schumer needs to hear from you to remind him why it is crucial for him to be a champion for the LGTBQ immigrant community the same way we have supported him. The Queer Undocumented Immigrant Project (QUIP), a project of United We Dream, the largest immigrant youth network in the country, made a commitment to make sure that the entire 11 Million are included in this bill and that includes LGTBQ immigrants like me.

California is the most populous state in the Union and has one of the largest economies in the world. The state is politically different from the rest of the Unites States (the Union), and has an increasingly more heterogeneous population. The State pays more money into the national treasury than is returned and therefore subsidizes states whose political philosophy holds back social and economic progress in our State. California would do better for its citizens as an independent republic

As oil companies gear up for a hydraulic fracturing boom in California, state regulators have proposed industry-friendly fracking regulations that would do little to protect the state'’s air, water and wildlife from pollution. Since the draft fracking rules clearly fail to protect the public's access to clean drinking water, hydraulic fracturing should be banned in California.

My son Diego is a student at SF Community College. He is enrolled in a Library Science certificate program and only has a few units left to get is AA degree and transfer to a four year institution. My friend Allen is a union member who works at SF City College. he has been a valuable City employee for many years. The management has put the student and workers of San Francisco's Community College in harms way because of their incompetence at managing the funds for the College. It is possible that SF Community College could lose its accreditation and the school could close or if it stays open it is possible that students who are looking to transfer to four year institution will find that they cannot transfer their credits. San Francisco's City College is one of the institutions that is still affordable for workers like myself to send their children to. If it closes down, where will our children go? I ask for you support for the students and the workers of this important institution to continue their education and for the workers to continue to provide the important services for the students. Thank you Governor Brown & Speaker of the Assembly John A. Perez Gloria Sanchez San Bruno, CA

Plastic bags are polluting our oceans and land and take lots of valuable, non-renewable resources to create.

Time Magazine recently ran an article 'why medical bills are killing us' and included the story of the Recchi's who MD Anderson charged over 83,000 for cancer treatment MD Anderson is supposed to be a non profit but made a 26 percent profit last year and the head of MD Anderson made more than 2 million dollars last year. I think they should reimburse the Recchi's 26% of the 83,000 and apologize to them for not giving them assistance or treating them with compassion at the time they most needed it. I do not know the Recchi's but I was absolutely furious when I read this. this type of rip off by the medical community has got to stop.

we need immediate steps to break up the big banks and prosecute the criminals who used them to destroy our economy

Deregulation permitted the communications industry to provide Internet service only to profitable markets, leaving rural areas with no connections. Our children in rural areas such as Glacier Washington cannot complete internet-based homework assignments. Fiber optic cable is very expensive and only Broadband type Internet connections are feasible in areas that are hilly, off the main roads, or in valleys.

If you publish your proposed Budget we voters can read it and send you our advise. Your description of the Budget doesn't tell us what you are really proposing. We voters can read!

The Senate conference has REMOVED the $2 million in funding for the Catskill Mountain Rail Trail, originally allocated in Governor Cuomo's Executive Budget from the Senate version of the budget. Although the $2 million item is still included in the Assembly version of the budget, this significant funding is now in extreme jeopardy. Let the Rail Trail's champions know how much you value their support and urge them to renew it to ensure the future of this project.

As a responsible citizen of Wisconsin, I am required to carry liability insurance to cover adverse consequences of using my automobile on public roads. I feel persons who feel a need to carry a loaded weapon in public should at the very least shoulder financial responsibility for any adverse action they commit with that weapon.