It should be criminal that we are destroying people's lives and wasting manpower and money on a substance less harmful than alcohol or tobacco. If our president was arrested for his admitted drug use, he wouldn't be our president. Stop the hypocrisy.

This is not about you, Its about the millions of Americans without Health Insurance. And helping the elderly keep their Medicaid. Stop the insurance company from denying coverage on pre-exiting illness.

The socioeconomically disadvantaged communities in America are often the communities most in need of being heard. In Chicago, for example, there are communities where only 55% of the population can vote because so many individuals have been to jail. No American citizen should be permanently stripped of their voting rights.

As a business owner in Steamboat Springs, I understand that our city's economy (and much of CO economy) is dependent on 2 things: Tourism and Ranching. After one of the worst snow years in almost a century, I was shocked to learn ranchers that would typically buy water rights were out bid by companies that will use the water for fracking. Until now ranchers were able to purchase water to maintain their land and heard which provides an economic benefit directly to the community and helps drive tourism by keeping the water above ground to cycle back through the environment. We're asking for the state to put the economy first by immediately enacting a bill that will stop the sale of water rights for fracking during drought disaster conditions.

We are all affected by the general health and well-being of fellow citizens. The Affordable Care Act, while not the most perfect approach, is still beyond where we've been. It offers millions of people who have gone without care to have access. The Republicans in Congress continue to threaten to repeal this act and replace it. But they have not got any plan that is substantially different unless it is to reduce access and leave millions of people vulnerable to losing their homes and even their lives..

When a state or town decides to legalize marijuana at any level, the federal government and Drug Enforcement Agency should deprioritize prosecution of federal marijuana offenses in that locale.

Health Care Act, AKA Obamacare

I have worked with the Navy and feel strongly against using high frequency sonar that could injure or kill marine mammals. It is the Navy's job to see to it that they work with the ocean rather than destroy it.

After the decision of SCOTUS to uphold the constitutionality of the ACA we need to make sure we do everything we can to keep things moving and help ensure that individual state legislatures follow through with the expansion of their Medicaid/Medicare programs to comply with the goals outlined in the ACA. Many working class families have been financially strained due to high medical bills. My own family is an example of this. When I was 17 I had several brain surgeries due to a life threatening condition known as AVM's. Not being able to afford health insurance the medical bills quickly climbed into the millions which bankrupted my family. Not only did this cause the financial ruin of my family the bankruptcy also made it so that the hospital bills did not get paid. We paid everything we could but it was nowhere close to the amount owed. The ACA helps ensure that this financial ruin does not come to other families in need of medical care and all states should comply and fully support the ideals laid out within said act. It's also hard for me to find insurance now, which is absolutely needed as many other health issues have arisen in the years since my original surgeries, but since this is considered a pre-existing condition insurance companies do not want to take me on. Since my family never fully recovered financially none of us are in the position to purchase healthcare anyway and I make 30 dollars more a month than the poverty level needed to receive Medicaid. So I have to make the best of it and pick and choose which doctors to see and meds to take. I want to ensure that no family should have to face these problems ever again. No family should have to choose between eating and receiving quality healthcare, nor should they face bankruptcy and total financial ruin for the rest of their lives. Just as the hospitals and doctors shouldn't have to worry about not getting paid for their services while trying to help people. No one should be turned down for health insurance because they are already sick and need healthcare immediately. Whatever we can do to help this much needed reform along should be done quickly to prevent this from happening to other hardworking, normal, American families. This is something I feel very strongly about and that is why I am starting this petition. We can not just sit apathetically thinking that since the major hurdle has been crossed everything will fall into place on its own. We need to work quickly to ensure as many states as possible are going along with the ACA and keep pressure on legislatures and not lose momentum while we are getting so much support. Keep it moving, make it stronger, try to unite as many states we can while it's still in the spotlight. This is a good idea but it's our jobs as citizens and Americans to make this country a better place for all other citizens. The sick and the poor need everyone to join together and show the world that we will not let any American fall through the cracks because they got sick ever again.

Presently, the western world is plagued by high unemployment and severe pressures on the middle class. I would propose a new global organization, the Earth Core, that would hire people in high unemployment areas to work on massive environmental projects and ones that would boost world GNP. Many of our problems are global in nature. If something is not done, western nations will be destroyed by huge deficits and unemployment.

feral cat trap, neuter and return program. A humane approach addressing the feral cat problem which exists in every community here in the state of florida. Animal control will euthanize cats and ignore the breeding potential causing an ongoing overpopulation of feral cats. the state of florida is currently considering the tnr program as a real solution, practiced throughout the United States and abroad with trmendous success!!

I would like to see the elections decided by all the people not just a handful of states.