The FDA should have at least equal representation from herbal and alternative medicine concerns as big pharma and Monsanto. The head of the FDA should be a whistleblower, someone with a record of standing up to corruption. If people believe the FDA is corrupt, and there is plenty of evidence for that, they will not heed its warnings or value it's approval. We need to be able to regain confidence that the goal of the FDA is really to protect US citizens, not the interests of pharmaceutical companies at the expense of our choices, health and income.

This petition is about the banks and how they have duped lawmakers into thinking the loan modification process is working. As anyone who has, or is currently, undergoing a loan modification, the deck is stacked against well-meaning homeowners who simply want to save their homes.l

UNEXLAINABLE, INEXUSABLE No one has been able to explain to me why young men and women serve in the U.S. Military for 20 years, risking their lives protecting freedom, and only get 50% of their pay on retirement. While Politicians hold their political positions in the safe confines of the capital, protected by these same men and women, and receive full-pay retirement after serving one term. It just does not make any sense.

From 2009 to 2011, Bob Schieffer's Sunday talk show on CBS, Face the Nation, covered climate change for a total of 4 minutes. Four minutes in three years. The country needs to hear about the biggest challenge our society faces and it's no longer acceptable that we can learn nothing about it on one of the nation's premier news programs.

Having worked in public education for 22 years in schools that were not air conditioned, I know how unhealthy this can be for students and staff. This is a health hazard that must be rectified. For the most part, there are no other work places that are not climate controlled. It is difficult for students to learn and teachers to instruct under hot and humid conditions...not to mention the health issues for those with allergies or other health conditions.

What the Federal Government is doing between offices intentionally. When a veteran gets out of the service all his military records, emdical and personel records are supposed to maintain by the National Achieves or NPRC. When the veteran submits a claim, the VA ask for these medical records. to verify claim.-What they are doing to veterans, women veterans. The VA is asking for these records and NPRC is saying "we had them sorry but we misplaced them". NPRC even send a apology letter to the veteran. The VA then denies claim saying no records, even after the letter from NPRC is received -saying they lost the records- The VA still denies all claims and reason is still no records, in other words there committing fraud because another government agency already admitted to lose them / misplace them. The VA should have on the reason for denial, that NPRC has misplaced records and because of this they must deny claims. What even worse the VA is making veterans wait years-6 plus board hearing where they decide if they are going to approve claims. In short the federal government is losing Veteran records then denying their claims saying there is no records. Then when you do a VA appeal, it they make you wait another 6 years. They're hoping the veteran passes away so they do not have to pay claims. Also the veteran has to pay for prescriptions etc, because the government lost their records because there claim is denied to this VA board that they wait years for. What the government is doing is beyond unethical. Many politicians have been notified and there response is do nothing. What the petition it hopes to is ask the President if he can by executive order tell the VA when the NPRC or the VA admits in writing that the lost of records is by the United States Government the veterans claims should be automatically approved until the government finds what they lost. At least by out politicians a bill that stop this injustice, when the government admits wrong doing, the veterans should not have to be punished because of incompetency of the government, all claims should be approved until records are found or claim is automatically approved because lost by government right now the veteran has NO rights and is at the mercy of the VA and NPRC and right now there doing this intentionally not to pay claims with the veteran waiting decades to find out when they're going to go to this VA hearing. We ask all Americans to help disabled veterans who getting denied VA benefits because the government admits losing their records. Veteran have written the White House and even when the White House ask the VA whets going on the VA blows off the White House by doing nothing. Veterans are not being taken care of and this more of the circus that is thrown at them and we ask all to sign to stop this unethical madness. Please Mr. President fix this where veterans do not have to wait for claim approval when the government did wrong to them, we fought for this country and we come home and you have two government agencies playing games of we lost your records, to bad go wait in line for 8 years. When the government does wrong and admits it in writing the veterans should not have to suffer which is happening NOW. Please help stop this injustice to veterans tell the president and conger to correct this so veterans should not have to suffer because the federal governmental demits losing records. Then the government become responsible for their lost and the veteran sould not have to wait and suffer because NPRC lost the veteran records..

Student loan debt has now surpassed credit card debt. College graduates are increasingly finding themselves without jobs that wlll afford them the ability to repay their loans. Currently student loans are not eligible to be discharged through bankruptcy. This petition is to try to get this changed to include student loans in bankruptcy protection.

People in the service industry, especially servers, are taking a beating,due to the economy. We make $5hr, around $3 after taxes. We depend on our tips to survive. The average tip 5yrs ago was between 15 & 18%. It is now between 10 & 13%. A good percentage of people dont tip at all. This is unexceptable and change needs to happen. Either raise the hourly wage or automatically add 15% to any service. 18% to parties of 8 or more. Help our hard working citizens get what they work very hard for.

this is the greatest country, just like someone in need, this country has given soo much to the world..lets help by contributing to conquer our fiancial deficit

Coporate money going to politician for there own aganda. To owned politicians. No mather if repb. Or dems.

It is about pledging to stand up for women's rights all over the world.

..Revoke all of congresmen and senators health plans and retirements ,and ensure they cannot pass any laws that exempt them from the laws,furthermore make them responsible for every dollor they spend during office. change thier terms to indefinate.furthermore include long federal jail terms for any state or federal laws broken during there term