Climate change is the biggest crisis our nation is facing. Other nations have made major steps to address climate change. We need bold action now!

I believe that big money in politics is the root of most of the problems in our democracy.

We are residents and concerned neighbors of the COALITION TO OPPOSE THE EXPANSION OF US ECOLOGY- Detroit. There are more than 25K people within 2 miles of the US ECOLOGY NORTH hazardous waste facility. We must protect our people, our water, our air from further pollution and potential harm from a facility fire or a truck accident/spill, impacting our neighborhoods.

I see these cups everywhere; in parking lots, on the sides of roads, and ending up in the gutters. I can't help but think Starbucks should re-evaluate their impact on this planet.

Language funding is always a target for budget cuts and it's rare that a school has a strong Japanese program. Ms. Cooper was the best Japanese teacher we've ever seen. She always brings a positive energy and truly cares about her students. She is rare in her field and everyone wants her to stay.

The governor of Kansas was a state senator. She neglected her duties as state senator and now wants to fix the problem by sending inmates to a private prison in Arizona. She can reduce the population of Prisons in Kansas by commuting sentences of-of low-level nonviolent offenders. Let low-level non-violent offenders out of prison, Governor Kelly.

Climate crisis will be the most pressing issue the next President of the US will face. It is the most critical issue this planet has ever faced. We are asking the DNC to reconsider their stance on not having a Presidential debate focused on climate change or allow the Candidates to have their own debate focused on the issue. The climate crisis should be the most prominent issue on all Democratic Candidate's platforms. The DNC should be considering the climate crisis as its #1 platform issue as well.

The Kansas legislature has been absolutely derelict in their Duty including the Democrats to oversee Kansas prisons. Laura Kelly who was in the Senate is partially responsible for this. Now she is governor and wants to send inmates to private prisons. But yet she says we have people locked up that don't need to be in prison. Governor Kelly you were the only one that can reduce prison population by reducing low-level non-violent offenders now.

Children should not be pawns of a political agenda. They deserve education, activities, exercise and legal representation while incarcerated in the USA Office of Resettlement centers. The Red Cross has the infrastructure and experience to deal with and alleviate the terrible, inhuman situation we have imposed on these children. The Red Cross/Crescent has operated in some of the worst war situations and substandard prisons in history and they should be monitoring and helping children here as well. These vulnerable souls need our help and the Red Cross should show they are not political by becoming involved.

Forty perfect of all insect species alive - bees, butterflies, beetles, and moths - are rapidly dying out, and studies suggest they could all vanish within this century (Page)! Actions need be taken to revive some of the declining numbers of insects and other species. If not now, it might be too late. The crumbling of the insects, could mark the end of humanity. To better understand the impact of insects, you should know that insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda, and of class Insecta the most diverse class in the kingdom. Insecta not only contains the most diverse chain of species, but arguably most the crucial (Wigglesworth). They are considered to be the foundation of all kingdoms. Insects play important roles in our ecosystem including, providing nutrition for billions of birds, reptiles and amphibians. Insects also recycle waste, and organic matter back into the soil. Maggots and flies, as gross as they are decompose dead material, like dead carcasses, and fecal droppings (Engel). It’s unfortunate to see, because every insect plays a different and crucial role in the ecosystem. Insects, considered primary consumers, naturally provide nutrition for other species, such as: dragonflies, frogs, lizards and other amphibians. Without a majority of earth’s insects, many secondary consumers will begin to fall over time (Smith). A study published in the journal of Biological Conservation states that forty percent of all insect species today, including pollinators, are in decline and could die out in the coming decades; meanwhile, a third of the species alive today have already made the endangered species list (Page). Scientists aren’t talking just talking about honeybees. There have been 20,000 different species of bees discovered to pollinate, and only one of those is the common honeybee. Many other insects can pollinate, as well, including: flies, mosquitoes, moths, beetles, ants, and wasps. Scientist from the National Conservation Service claim, “there is approximately 200,000 different species of animals around the world that act as pollinators” (Nicholls). In addition, “nearly ninety percent of all crops, and flowering plants require pollinators for survival, and reproduction” (Murawski). Pollination is a simple process of a powdery substance derived from the male gametes of the a flower, then transferred via insects to the stigma on another flower. It is actually impossible for these flowers to spread their seeds and reproduce without pollinating insects. We can appreciate insects a bit more, when we realize that one in three bites of food you eat, exist only because of pollinating insects. Unfortunately, David Hackenberg in 2006 reported a “ninety percent die-off rate among three thousand of his beehives.” U.S. National Agricultural Statistics show a decline in honeybee hives from about six million in 1947, to nearly two-and-a-half million in 2008, a sixty percent decline (Greenpeace). Sadly, the total of falling insects increase by two-and-a-half percent every year. This percentage shows insects could vanish completely within a hundred years (Carrington). Insects are crucial because they provide many ecological services: bait for consumers, natural waste production, pest control, decomposition, and pollination. Humans, and other species simply could not exist without insects. One major cause of the insect decline is the loss of natural habitat through contamination. According to University of California’s biologist Eric Mussen, a study found more than 150 different chemicals found in bee pollen and honey. Oddly enough, local and commercially-used pesticides are directly associated with ninety-percent of the pollinating bees dying off yearly (Greenpeace USA). The use of chemical pesticides contaminates, and harms local pollinators and other species through ingestion and contact, another example of human-caused impact. In addition to pollutants, Dr. Stuart Campbell from the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, states that plants exposed to high levels of nitrogen dioxide, a major component in smog, begins hyper-producing harmful chemicals in its leaves. Results from the study show that insects feeding on these leaves develop growth delays and abnormalities, which suggests high levels of air pollution may be causing negative effects on our herbivorous creatures (Science Daily). Countering all of this, there is still the epidemic of diseases causing insects. Some mosquitoes, lice, fleas, flies and ticks run the risk of transmitting many diseases and carry dangerous viruses, bacteria, and parasites. The results are deadly: Yellow Fever, Dengue Fever, Lyme Disease, Plague, along with Malaria being the most dangerous and prevalent (Cantico). According to Nature News, the U.S government has approved a “killer mosquito” to aid in fighting malaria carried by the A. Albopictus Mosquito. “This is a non-chemical way of dealing with mosquitoes,” says David O’Brochta. “Other insects, including different species of mosquitoes, are not harmed by the practice,” says Stephen Dobson, founder of MosquitoMate. Explained by the Dobson, “over time, as more of the altered male mosquitoes are released and bred with the wild female mosquitoes. The population of A. Albopictus mosquitoes begins to dwindle.” “If insect species losses cannot be halted, this will have catastrophic consequences for both the planet’s ecosystems and for the survival of mankind,” said Sánchez-Bayo. Insect declining is an urgent, global crisis. They are very important and beneficial through pollination, waste disposal, decomposition, pest control, and are necessary for secondary consumers. Without many of these bugs, many other dependent species can die out. Insects, though diverse and in abundance now, are actually dying at an exponential rate, and can cause a dramatic domino effect. Regrettably, if action is not taken seriously, this global catastrophe marks the beginning of humanity ending.

This petition is about giving the SURVIVOR population in Michigan the proper notice, consideration and respect while seeking their input, if and when there are to be any laws changed, revisited, lifted from or added to the state of Michigan's judicial process, system(s), codes, rules, or regulations which will effect the SURVIVORS quality of living. Lawmakers of Michigan do not have the right to make such drastic changes without first consulting with those whom will be directly impacted by their decisions. I am a SURVIVOR/CONQUEROR of childhood sexual abuse, this coming change directly impacts not only my family’s quality of life and living in this State of Michigan, but all families inhibiting the state. ACE's Adverse Childhood Experiences like sexual abuse become " life sentences" of emptiness, shame, hate, guilt, confusion, depression, addictions, ptsd, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts and actions for us on the surviving side. We are now beginning to create the safer environments we needed as children for the benefit of future generations. We the SURVIVOR population demand that all 40,000 cases being presented in the class action lawsuit against the State of Michigan by ACLU and UofM be examined and investigated 1 by 1 case by case, as all 40,000 were not tried or convicted at the same time therefore these 40,000 cases can not and should not be lifted or revised in such a manner. Each Survivor must have their voice heard and personal right to safety respected.

Having heard Michael Cohen's testimony wherein he stated he does not believe that President Trump will allow a peaceful transition and having heard Trump's statements about rigged elections and unauthorized voting we need public reassurance that President Trump will accept the results of the 2020 presidential election. We also need to know that everyone in the House and Senate will stand up for our democratic process and make it clear that we should accept the results of the vote and not allow it to be called into question either before or after.