I pay thousands of dollars every year for health care insurance. Since I rarely meet the annual deductible, I am essentially throwing away money. I am blessed to have health care insurance through my employer. Nevertheless, I would like to have a more affordable option. It is time to rein in insurance companies and force them to be more competitive. A public option plan would achieve this.

Fracking threatens the health of central and southern Illinoisans, and their water, land, air, livestock, wildlife, national forests and important industries such as tourism and farming.

My friends are trying to open their coffee shop, "Honu Coffee," in Kalapaki, Lihue at 3480 Paena Loop. We ask that you allow Honu Coffee at Kalapaki to open. Please waive the requirements for the public restroom, expedite the shoreline survey, and grandfather the requirement for a firewall on the South wall of the building. They have been trying to establish their business and have been an incredibly positive influence on our lives and community. Their son attends our school and they are frequently volunteer to come and help, they deter crime by occupying the facility, they generate revenue, provide a perfect service to the people of Kauai, and are a great fit for the neighborhood. Please help them to stay and effectively establish their business!

In 2011, Johnathon at the age of 21 reached out for help from the San Luis Obispo Department of Mental Health where he was admitted. The following morning and after a mere 20 minute assessment by the doctor, Johnathon was prescribed the potent psychotropic antidepressant, Effexor, at the highest available dose! Effexor is not FDA approved for anyone under the age of 24 and is contradicted for his accurate diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder. Following the mere 20 minute assessment, the San Luis Obispo County doctor released Johnathon from the San Luis Obispo County Mental Health and failed to observe him for any side effects. Johnathon was admitted for less than 21 hours which is an inadequate time frame to assess the response to Effexor. The doctor failed to schedule follow-up and did not complete a suicide prevention plan when he discharged Johnathon. Taking the Effexor as prescribed, Johnathon was catapulted into a medication induced psychosis. The medication induced psychosis resulted in an acute suicidal and psychotic episode during which Johnathon attempted to take his own life where another individual sustained injuries that did not require hospitalization. We are beyond grateful that both are alive and healthy. Unfortunately, the San Luis Obispo County's district attorney's office did not look at the facts and stigmatized and criminalized Johnathon. Also, as the doctor was a San Luis Obispo County provider working at the county mental health, the county had a vested interest to secure a conviction. After all, looking at the facts would mean the County was liable for a near wrongful death caused by the negligence of the county. Johnathon is paying the price for the negligent mental health services he received while at the San Luis Obispo County Department of Mental Health. The carelessly prescibed Effexor caused the medication induced psychosis. Johnathon does not have a criminal record or history of any violence or psychosis. Quite the contrary, Johnathon is a loving, gentle, and caring, son, brother, cousin, nephew, grandson, and friend. Johnathon is a capable and contributing member of society. At the age of 22, Johnathon was inhumanely sentenced to an Indeterminate Life Sentence! He is in year 7 of this indeterminate life sentence and is incarcerated in a California State Prison. We believe that truth always prevails and we also believe that justice should be based on truth. To prove what we have known for the past 7 years, we have finally been able to obtain DNA evidence which proves Johnathon is in fact a victim of medication induced psychosis caused by the Effexor prescribed by the San Luis Obispo Department of Mental Health. In truth and justice , in hope and advocacy, and from the bottom of my heart I humbly ask you for your support and ask you to please sign our petition. As Johnathon's mother, affected family member, nurse, and community advocate, it it my mission to bring awareness about brain health and improve county mental health services in California.

Make Congress Represent.us, not special interests and big business

Enough is Enough! Do we really need to see anymore of these garbage trash the American culture! It is time to encourage positive images for our young generation! NO MORE KARDASHIANS!

If you disagree with additional gun control legislature, and don't want more of our constitutional rights taken away from law abiding citizens, let your voice be heard by signing this petition which I will forward to the White House.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms is the organization empowered to monitor gun sales and to enforce our current gun laws. However, its hands are tied due to a 10-year-old amendment titled the "Tiahrt Amendment," which essentially restricts the ATF from doing any monitoring, oversight, or enforcement of gun laws. This reversal will help the country prevent illegal sales, monitor background checks effectively and enforce the current laws.

My son attends elementary school in Newark, Delaware, and I do not want to see him suffer the same fate as the Sandy Hook children. Repealing the Second Amendment, shamefully enacted to preserve slavery, will wash away this historical stain and put paid to assault weapons in the hands of mentally- ill gunslingers.

As it is now breast cancer patients have to wait upwards of three years for a hearing to get the SSD benefits they s Deserve. My mother is losing her home because SSD denied her benefits for the 12 months she was undergoing chemo treatment and her mastectomy. If we don't do something more women with breast cancer or survivors of breast cancer will lose money to pay bills in the time they are unable to work and eventually they will lose their homes. I would like to get at least 40,000 signatures or more by next year. Let's get the word out and let's make a change to the system for the better. Take care everyone!

As they work for US, they need to feel and understand what their constituents are going through.

The gun violence epidemic is a threat to all Americans.This petition seeks to demonstrate support to the President and Congress for the Presidential Task Force's proposals regarding the regulation of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and the closing of registration and background-check loopholes.