Grant Co DHS took my two children based on false, unverified allegations, and admitted they did not perform an investigation, competent or otherwise. While my children were in their custody, I was coerced into actions against my will by threats from the case worker that I would never get my children back if I didn't. My son was assaulted and exposed to acts that would have brought criminal charges against me if it ocurred in my home. My disabled daughter continues to have nightmares of when she almost drowned. I have learned of two other families with similiar, recent abuses by this department

Hemp should be a cash crop for paper, cloth, livestock feed and bio-deisel, among other products. Regulation of marijuana should be decided at the State level. Decriminalizing both crops will spur economic growth, reduce crowding in jails, and save taxpayers billions in incarceration costs - a win-win-win situation nationwide. It's time to end the dissonance between federal and state laws.

Food Labeling - Healthcare Crisis We demand honest, all-inclusive labeling of all food products and their ingredients. It is a basic consumer right to know what we are buying without deceptive wording or packaging. Natural doesn't mean organic. We have a right to know if genetically engineered or modified ingredients are in anything we purchase.

I would like to petition that congress will have to fall into a job that offers no retirement.

Improving our country's low ranking in education.

The Fish and Wildlife Service has opened a 90 day period for open comment from the public and the scientific community. Four public hearing will be held in February and this petition will be presented at that time..The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering putting the Lesser Prairie Chicken on the "threatened" list under the Endangered Species Act. The decline in this species signals that our native grasslands are in trouble. These grasslands support dozens of migratory birds, farmers, ranchers and local communities across the southwest region. We will be working alongside the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Land Management, and the Sutton Center to preserve our environment. For the people of these states, putting the lesser prairie chicken on the threatened list opens up the possibility of putting it being a stone in the road to impede the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline Upon learning of this consideration, lawmakers in major oil and gas districts yelled "Fowl." We cannot let these industries risk our environment. The Fish and Wildlife Service has opened a 90 day period for open comment from the public and the scientific community. Four public hearing will be held on: 1. Tuesday, February 5, 2013 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.At the High Plains Technology Center Seminar Center 3921 34th Street Woodward, OK 73801; 2, Thursday, February 7, 2013 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. @ the Garden City Community College 801 N. Campus Drive, Garden City, KS 67846-6333; 3. Monday, February 11, 2013 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Lubbock Civic Center 1501 Mac Davis Lane Lubbock, TX 79401; 4.Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at the ENMU Fine Arts Auditorium 64 University Blvd. Roswell, NM 88203.

I am a Comcast Television subscriber. I can only subscribe to Comcast's TV service by accepting a package of TV channels. When I subscribe to the package, I am supporting the channels in the package financially regardless of how offensive those channels are to me, and regardless of whether I watch those channels. Additionally, those channels are able to claim a wider viewer audience than they actually have (to sell advertising, for example).

I have met people who have lost their pensions due to bankruptcy. They no longer have that pension to count on when they retire. When a company goes into bankruptcy, the company should have to pay their pension obligations off first. Workers should not suffer during a bankruptcy when executives get big bonus' and full pay.

The dialog about Social Security and Medicare has been co-opted, and does not reflect the truth.

Our seniors and disabled person's life line's will be cut. Social Security and Medicare are under attack from the right.

As a person who loves animals and cares about maintaining the balance of our natural environment, of which wolves are a vital part, I fear that they will be driven to the point of extinction(again.) Many people seem to have nothing but contempt for them and would happily see them wiped out.

Thsi Petition is about ensuring individual civil rights for all under our American Flag; advance our representative democracy; protect civil rights. The 2d Class US Citizens (American Veterans) residing in the US Terriotory of Puerto Rico can't vote for their President, in Federal elections; don't have just representation in Congress nor a perment US Citizenship if born in Puerto Rico. After 115 years, Congress hasn't done anyting to change this un-democratic status; ensure equal US Citizenship!