Representing the important swing state of North Carolina, Senators Kay Hagan (D-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC) will be key votes on legislation to fix our broken immigration system this year. We need these Senators to support a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants currently living in the United State without papers. Most of these immigrants have lived in this country for more than a decade and have come to America to seek a better life for their families. They are Americans-in-waiting who are ready to fulfill the requirements of our citizenship process - to study English, pay taxes, maintain a good record and be of good moral character. Instead of focusing only on the border, we need a new approach that is better for families and makes more economic sense.

Guns SHOULD be banned to protect society from the violence in our world. Our children need to learn that guns are for sport and hunting animals for meat...not killing other human beings. Thats all they see in this day and age. From violent games to war, we sensationalize killing.

PVC is the plastic with a #3 on the bottom. PVC is the most toxic plastic. It causes asthma, obesity, thyroid dis function, allergies, rhinitis, eczema, premature birth, premature breast development, lower sperm counts, decreased sperm mobility, smaller penis size, and all sorts of cancer.

As a Birthmother to two children I am asking you to please vote FOR House Bill 256- allow adoptee adults access to their family medial history, THIS COULD SAVE A LIFE! Also as a Birthmother, I ask you to please vote FOR house Bill 256- allow birthparents in the future the option to actually have a true legal OPEN adoption for the first time in 74 years! The time has come to allow people to choose for themselves and stop forcing upon them no choice. Under HB 256 (last year the version we tried to pass was 148- this year it is 256.) a Birthmother could elect to make other information, including an updated medical history, available for inspection by a party to the adoption or adult adoptee, if she makes the election in writing. *** There should not be any questions here- the lack of this opportunity to date is disturbing. Many medical conditions come into play long after a child has been placed for adoption- updating our medial history for our children's health and well being is a NECESSITY. Unfortunately the change to the bill means that it only has the opportunity to help adoptees born 2015 and beyond, or before 3/23/1941 when Utah chose to make all adoptions ONLY closed (WHO IN THE WORLD KNOWS WHY!!!!!!!?) Adult Adoptees should have rights; the right to updated medical history, the right to their adoption records if their birthparents chose to give access to them, the right to contact their birhtparents if their birthparents chose to give access to their contact information. Why in Utah is the law standing in the way even when "agreements" are made insinuating this should be automatically available with so called "Open adoptions"? The deceipt and the falsification of "Open" and "Semi-open" adoption must stop in Utah. It only opens the door for the fraudulent trading of children as a commodity. http://le.utah.gov/~2014/bills/static/HB0256.html (LINK TO THE BILL) most sincerely, Sarah Boynton Birthmother, Mother, Wife and Advocate House Bill 256

We need to not only stop free access to non-hunting weapons by mentally ill but make private gun sellers responsible if they do and those weapons are used in crimes, particularly murder. It is the exact same thing as cracking down on drug dealers. And that second amendment crap is just that. NO ONE has ever said anything about taking away guns - except the NRA propaganda and fear mongers.

As a retired teacher,my pension has been cut 1%;Do not cut our pensions any more!

We need more assistance for the poor and less fortunate.

Distracted drivers are POOR drivers and threaten us all. Public safety should be our number one concern. Outlaw cell phone use and texting while driving.

My husband and I are both very involved with a local youth football organization, here in Dover Pa. Last week he was voted in as Head Coach for the Rink's. Then 5 days later the board states that they have received parent complaints about him related from a PERSONAL issue with the Bullying of our son! They were afraid he would not be a "good fit" for this position due to that PERSONAL issues with the other organization! These two sports programs have absolutely nothing to do with each other! Buddy has compassion and is a dedicated coach who has NEVER showed un- sportsmanship like conduct! He gave 110% coaching, never missed a pratice or game! I know their are much BIGGER problems in the world....but we are just a small town, in rural Pennsylvania and any support for my husband would mean the world to our family!

As a member of Congress's bipartisan "Gang of 8" working on an immigration reform proposal, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake will have a major role fixing our broken immigration system. We need Sen. Flake to support a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants currently living in the United State without papers. Most of these immigrants have lived in this country for more than a decade and have come to America to seek a better life for their families. They are Americans-in-waiting who are ready to fulfill the requirements of our citizenship process - to study English, pay taxes, maintain a good record and be of good moral character. Instead of focusing only on the border, we need a new approach that is better for families and makes more economic sense.

Governor Cuomo's SAFE Act strengthen's NY's gun safety laws and provides for background checks for all gun purchases, closing the gun show loophole. Every day, nearly 34 Americans are murdered with guns. According to Mayors Against Illegal Guns, 74 percent of NRA members support common sense restrictions like criminal background checks for anyone buying a gun. Residents of Tompkins County care about reasonable public safety measures and not special interest groups to help stop gun violence.

We should move money form other scientific research to sustainability research.