The National Rifle Association contributes large amounts of money to many members of Congress, including House Representative, Elise Stefanik. Rep. Stefanik has received $7,179 in support from the NRA. The NRA's financial hold on our Congress is undeniable. In the wake of national tragedies, our representatives hollowly extend thoughts and prayers to victims while accepting money from the NRA to ensure that nothing more is done to prevent future tragedies. Rep. Stefaniks position on gun control is tainted by the funds she has accepted from the NRA. This bribery of our representatives undermines democracy and must come to an end.

The new 5G technology has not passed any government safety testing. There is indisputable scientific evidence that “low-level” microwave radiation can harm human health. Action Requested: We urge you to halt the “5G” deployment and warn both the public and athletes of this reckless and insidious experiment. We especially urge an alert to athletes who were provided "5G" enabled devices such as mobile phones and computer tablets. These devices use a harmful new “5G” beamed technology that focuses radiation from cell towers directly to the user’s device. A product warning alert about “5G” microwave radiation will inform athletes and the public of the danger and advise them what to do if they experience immediate symptoms. It will also allow athletes to determine whether they wish to use these new “5G” electronic devices. Additional Background: As some of our planet’s finest young athletes, as well as residents, and visitors, gather in Pyeongchang for the Olympic Games, there is an insidious corporate experiment playing out. Korea Telecom, together with Ericsson and Intel, are using the Olympic Games to launch the 5G network, without any government safety testing. No one knows how this new 5G-microwave radiation technology will impact the delicate bioelectrical systems of human beings, plants, and animals. 5G includes higher millimeter wave frequencies never used before for Internet and communications technology. 5G also uses phased array and beam-forming technologies making these higher millimeter wave frequencies yet more potent. Instead of heeding the cautions of internationally respected scientists, these corporate entities are recklessly pushing to increase radiation exposure even more --- putting all humanity and the environment at risk. At the Olympic Games, unsuspecting athletes and the public have become guinea pigs for 5G phased array, microwave radiation technology. Athletes have been provided with special 5G-enabled tablets and mobile devices using a new beam-forming technology that focuses radiation from cell towers directly to the user’s device. Athletes and visitors could experience reactions such as nausea, dizziness, nosebleeds, cardiac problems, chest and head pressure, seizures, stabbing pains, and many other symptoms. More disturbing is that we already know that exposure to wireless radiation could result in harmful effects that may not surface until years later. What is happening in Korea demonstrates a reckless disregard for the health and safety of the Olympic athletes and the public. It blatantly disregards decades of research on non-ionizing radiation, and the recent warning of over 230 peer-reviewed published scientists from 42 countries to the United Nations and to the World Health Organization urging for more caution and greater measures to protect the public from non-ionizing radiation - the kind used in all our wireless technologies and 5G. https://www.emfscientist.org/index.php/emf-scientist-appeal Last year, 180 scientists, including two South Korean researchers, called upon the European Union to halt the roll-out of 5G until “potential hazards for human health and the environment have been fully investigated by scientists independent from industry.” https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B14R6QNkmaXuelFrNWRQcThNV0U/view We think that all Olympic attendees have the right to protect themselves from this serious invisible threat to their health. We demand that a product warning alert about the risks of 5G radiation exposure be immediately sent out to athletes and to everyone attending the Olympic Games. Links about health effects of radiofrequency/microwave radiation: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305689940_EUROPAEM_EMF_Guideline_2016_for_the_prevention_diagnosis_and_treatment_of_EMF-related_health_problems_and_illnesses (European Academy for Environmental Medicine’s EUROPAEM Guideline 2016 for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of EMF-related health problems and illnesses) https://wirelessaction.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/irradiated.pdf (IRRADIATED A comprehensive compilation and analysis of the literature on radiofrequency fields and the negative biological impacts of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (particularly radiofrequency fields) on biological organisms) Links about 5G: whatis5g.info https://ehtrust.org/?s=5g http://whatis5g.info/health/2017/09/millimeter-wave-frequency-studies-and-reviews/ More about the 5G experiment at the Olympic Games: http://whatis5g.info/south-korean-oympics-and-5g/2018/02/stop-5g-launch-winter-olympics-south-korea-acute-public-health-reactions-likely/ https://www.opednews.com/articles/5G-launch-at-South-Korea-W-by-Nina-Beety-Athletes_Health_Health_International-180203-238.html http://fortune.com/2018/02/13/winter-olympics-2018-5g-networks/ Co-written by: Anita J. Prince, Nancy Wallace, and Katherine Kheel

Last week, my hometown, Du Quoin IL, had a shooting scare. A post online indicated a possible plan so the schools were locked down and the City police were stationed at the Middle and High School. They remained for about 4 days even after the youth posting the threat online had been arrested. My 14 yr. old thought we were overreacting. I explained why no one could take a chance and now, unfortunately, she sees exactly why.

John Moolenaar has accepted $10,554 in contribution from the NRA and its associates. He needs to give that money to the victims of gun violence or another charity. The NRA cannot continue to hamstring Congress by "paying them off." We need common sense firearms regulations that will help limit gun ownership to responsible citizens and prevent their acquisition by non-citizens, felons, and people convicted of violent crimes. We also need an assault weapons ban NOW so that the AR-15 (used in every mass shooting in recent years) isn't widely available to anybody who wants to create mass harm. I have four kids in public schools. When I see video of kids cowering under desks, screaming and begging for their lives, I see my kids. Those are children, and there are parents who sent their kids off yesterday only to have them not come home. Children deserve to be able to study in peace, and not go to school in fear that somebody might start shooting. We have got to pass common-sense gun reform, and we have to do it NOW. Stop taking donations from the NRA and start listening to your constituents, many of whom are responsible gun owners who support these measures.

17 more dead yesterday and counting. There are no more excuses.

Every week we see a tragedy resulting from our outdated gun laws. With our representatives pocketing gun industry donations instead of legislating in our interests, the trend is doomed to continue. We need to get special interest money out of our politics.

In light of the recent Florida mass shooting, demand Rep. Susan Brooks give back or donate the $2,326 she has received from the gun lobby.

We need common-sense gun control and the removal of NRA funding of our legislators.

Our country has suffered for to many years with the threat of mass shootings daily, and our citizens deserve a government that will do something to curb the scourge of gun violence.

Our legislators must take responsible action against the proliferation of guns, specifically AR-15 style assault weapons. It is time for them to put an end to, and to reject, financial support from the NRA.

There have been too many children and adults killed by guns.

I don't want my future children to have to fear for their lives one day in the place they should be going to learn. The main way to fix this is to stop the influence of the gun lobby on our politicians, so they can represent OUR issues! I hope Rep. Shuster makes the right decision!