Polls show that the majority of American Citizens want to know whether the foods they purchase contain GMO's. There are grave concerns relating to the safety of GMO food products and their effects on our environment.

Since I moved to Va. from Maine 4 years ago, I have discovered assistant living in the Shanandoah area is way off middle class income for the rates they are charging. For example within 50 miles radius from Harrisonburg, Va. the average cost is $2,200.00 or above per month. The average income for middle class retiree is $15,000.00 yearly. How can someone afford to live in a assistant living home at that rate? I also took a survey in Maine before I left and visited some of the homes where the price rage from $1,200.00 to $1,500.00/month and they look like a palace as compared to the ones I saw locally at the same rate. I am an independent voter but wonder how this can be happening in Va? It is such a beautiful state to retire in and the weather is so much better than Maine especially when you are older and retired. We hear all the time that Republicans are for the rich and the Democrats are for the poor and middle class. Maine has been a Democratic state for years and in Va. I really don't know for sure what party has dominated the state. Is that the reason for this shameful situation existing? Would appreciate your input in this matter at your convenience. Thank you.

The new Right to Work Law, pushed through without public hearings in a lame duck session of the state legislature, ensures that all in Michigan will have the right to work FOR LESS. It will weaken unions, until now the only force that helped level the playing field for workers negotiating with ever more powerful corporations. It isn't the right to choose. That would be the same as being able to choose to withhold your federal taxes when a president is elected that you don't like. Unions are democracy. Right to Work is only to destroy them and impoverish families.

Johnson County Seats has been providing paratransit services for the elderly and people with disabilities since the mid-1970's. SEATS has been my main means of transportation for 17 years. Currently they are providing close to 500 rides a day and the demand is growing. Iowa City and the Johnson County Board of Supervisors are threatening to dismantle SEATS. Hundreds of people with disabilities, as well as their families, friends, and support systems, would be negatively impacted by this financially and politically driven decision.

My mother in law is in serious declining health and she will need constant supervision and will need to go to a skilled nursing facility or assistant living and the cost of doing that is beyond her ability.

Violent content in our entertainment industry has escalated over the years and by anyone's standards, is a contributing factor in the desensitization of society to brutality, bloodshed, and horror. Through video games, TV, films, and more, people have become immune to the devastating effects of real-life violence toward others. Isn't this how some cultures have dehumanized their enemies in the past? The effects are real and should be examined.

Reducing the number of assault rifles/guns in Colorado. And making it extremely difficult to purchase such weapons of mass destruction of human life, most often young human life. We must greatly stiffen the the punishment for such horrendous crimes when they do occur and not continue to allow simple pleas of "not guilty by reason of insanity" such that the person is back out on the street as soon as they can convince a psychiatrist they have "recovered". Yes we need much better mental health screening AND treatment, but in the meantime, it is time for this country to get tough on ASSAULT GUNS, which you don't need to be a good hunter!

Horses are a beautiful part of US history. They pulled our plows, carried our soldiers to battle, thrilled us with amazing feats of strength and agility. These magnificent animals deserve better than to be hauled on trailer trucks to be slaughtered in horrendous inhumane ways. We need support for the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act.

The discussion about cutting both Social Security and Medicare is entirely out of line when it comes to balancing the budget. Reducing military spending and eliminating corporate loopholes for evading taxes are much more viable options.

I know personally at least FIFTY people who driving without DL, they have to!!!, we all do, please follow Illinois legislature and change the rules.

without mandates for State ID cards to be able to Vote. In the recent past elections Thousands of voters were disenfranchised due to lack of drivers licenses and many other corrupt and disfunctional processes mandated by various regional elections chairmans, partial to only one Party.Seniors who don't drive anymore and College Students who don't own cars, don't have driver's licenses/ID cards.

Ohio is listed as close to California in rate hikes in double digits. My wife and, seniors in stable health, were hit with hikes of 18 and 16%. The Ohio Dept of Insurance should have the clout to hold such increases to single digits (New York State does--no more than 10%) especially as health care costs for 2013 are projected at 7.5%.