I have worked and paid into the system since I came to this country in 1991. On applying for my Social Security benefits I was told I am subject to a windfall elimination of approximately $100 per month simply because I worked in another country and am entitled to receive a pension from that country. I understand there are more than a million people in the U.S. who suffer such a reduction in their paid-for benefits. This provision is antiquated and grossly unfair and should be repealed.

Our national debt and pollution issues have to be of grave concern to anyone wanting the U.S. to thrive for future generations.

It's time to stop billion dollar yearly giveaways to Israel that allow the pursuit of illegl colonizing on the west bank and gifts to its military that have regularly rained down bombs on civilians in Gaza and encourage impunity for actions sucn as prison detainment without justification for thousands of palestinians. The uncritical support of Israeli exactions whether at the UN or in our media is backfiring both for Israeli citizens and for Palestinians who are yearning for peace, since there will shortly be no more Palestinian territory left to negotiate for.

Please take action on gun control and ban assault style weapons from being sold. Make stricter laws on being able to buy a gun and do intensive background checks.

Xenophobia and White farmer Genocide are serious problems in South Africa. Your vote can open the world's eyes and together we can make a change. Awareness first

We the people of Todd County-Kentucky ask and request that money and funds be made available to have a Kentucky Highway Historic Marker set-up and placed at the old and former site and location of the Blue and Gray Kentucky State Park Of Todd County-Kentucky.

Everyday my life and those of my fellow Long Islanders are impacted by the thousands of plastic shopping bags littering the landscape. They are flying from the tree limbs, blowing along the highways, and harming the wildlife. I would like to see these bags banned and reusable bags required.

I'm a black male 43 years of age, and I think if this Administration, and Congress, really want to see this Gun Violence epidemic cease, we have to start with a War against poverty. Most of you in public office know nothing about, or take the issue of poverty serious, because your lives are not affected by it. However, it's a shame that here in America, the Land of the Free, and Home of the Brave~Most don't feel Free, and you as Politicians are not administering any kind of Bravery for the People you serve. Poverty is not a Black or White issue, it's an American issue. And for any politician, or President for that matter~to move along through other issues, as if, Poverty is something that will fix itself, is very much so, a Moral and Ethical situation~that needs not addressing, but a hurried SOLUTION.

The Postal Service is being unfairly burdened by their pension requirements.

Prevent the further introduction and proliferation of Genetically Engineered and Modified Organisms (plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, fungi, enzymes, vaccines, media) into our environment, food supply and bodies. Learning Disabilities, Organ Failure, Tumors, Infertility and Farm Failures are the the result of foisting GMOs upon the unwitting, unwilling and undocumented populace of America the Beautiful.

This law gives total immunity to the state, counties & any cities, towns and villages. This means they do not have to fix roadways , parking lots, sidewalks. This means people get hurt and there is no one responsible for unkept roadways ect. There should not be any limit on what someone can expect to recieve for damages, pain & suffering. I learned the hard way about this law.

The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is an international treaty that came into force on February 27, 2005 during the George W. Bush Administration. The FCTC seeks "to protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke" by enacting a set of universal standards stating the dangers of tobacco and limiting its use in all forms worldwide. The United States is one of the 168 countries who signed the FCTC but has not ratified it yet. In 2008, Presidential candidate Barack Obama made a campaign promise that if he was elected he would submit the FCTC to the US Senate for ratification. We are still waiting.