Congressional Reform Act of 2011 1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office. 2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose. 3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all other Americans do. 4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. 5. Congress loses their current health-care benefits -- until such time as health care is provided for all Americans -- and thus participates in the same health-care system as the rest of the American people. 6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people. 7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

We write to request that the Hamden School District maintain universal masking for the remainder of the 2021-2022 school year. To date, Hamden has kept students, educators, families, and the broader community safe by following recommendations from the CDC and local health agencies like the Quinnipiac Valley Health District (QVHD) to create school COVID-19 policies. The CDC’s January 2022 guidance specifically recommends universal indoor masking by all students (ages 2 years and older), staff, teachers, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status. The American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) reinforced the CDC’s guidance, recommending vaccination for children over 5 and universal masking as two critical strategies to be used in tandem to ensure the safety of ALL children, including those especially vulnerable to infection. Furthermore, a January 2022 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) demonstrated that masking was associated with reduced school closures, which in turn resulted in adverse health symptoms such as distress and anxiety for students. We are all tired, but let’s hold on a little longer until we have established that we can keep our communities safe without requiring masks. Thank you for your consideration and for all you do to keep our children safe.

Friday, April 12, 2019 To the Mayor, City Council, and Planning Commissioners: We are opposed to the overriding of past refinement plans and the casting aside of the work that has been done in the past by people who had the foresight to protect our natural resources. There are very sound reasons for the provisions of the South Hills Study, among them the protection of water, forests, habitat, the wildlife corridor, etc. We are opposed to the changes that you “recommend” with regard to the South Hills Study. Your proposed “Clear and Objective Code” governing new housing developments may streamline the process for developers, as you state as a goal, but this comes at a cost to the environment and to the livability of our area. You are moving much too fast to implement these changes. Most of the residents of this city have no knowledge whatsoever of what's being proposed or what's being done. Of the residents who ARE aware, we are being bombarded by this type of revision, such as the Transportation Plan in addition to this one, and by legal battles with multiple developers who are wreaking havoc in the South Hills. The deadline for public input is too soon! Please allow more time for people to read and attempt to comprehend the documents, and please put more thought and consideration into your proposal regarding sustainability and the preservation of our natural resources.

Congressional Reform Act of 2011 _ 1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no Pay when they're out of office. 2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into The Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose. 3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do. 4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. 5. Congress loses their current health care system and Participates in the same health care system as the American people. 6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people. 7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void Effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this Contract with Congressmen/women. Congressmen/women made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers Envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their Term(s), then go home and back to work.

The current child care grant structure is inequitable. Larger centers receive much less money per child. Additionally, each center will receive a workforce allotment for pay raises, bonuses, added benefits, and recruitment funds that will go directly to teachers. However, the state has decided to cap the amount for any center with a capacity that serves 67 children or more. 55% of child care workers teach in centers licensed for 67 or more children, meaning the majority of the workforce is inequitably valued as essential workers during the pandemic. Every child care facility, large or small, should receive the same amount for every child and every teacher. Under the current plan, on the low end, a family home center licensed for 12 kids is receiving on average $24,000, which amounts to $2,000 per child. A center licensed for a capacity of less than 50 children will also receive an average of $24,000 yet that equates to only approximately $490 per child. A child care center with capacity of 200 children will receive only $450 per child, based on the conservative average amount of $90,000. We are not requesting that family home centers receive less, we are requesting that centers, regardless of their size, receive the same amount PER CHILD. That is a fair distribution of the federal monies.

Congressional Reform Act of 2012 1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office. 2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose. 3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do. 4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. 5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people. 6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people. 7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women. Congress made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

Sign the Pocan-Amash-Lieu-Jones letter challenging Admin to show legal justification for participating in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.

Undocumented residents of Flint, Michigan are being denied access to free clean water, water filters, and water testing kits. Drinking water in Flint has extremely high levels of lead which causes permanent brain damage in children as well as a host of other health problems. Access to clean drinking water is a human right! We demand: *The immediate resignation and replacement of Gov. Rick Snyder *The immediate resignation and replacement of Flint Mayor Karen Weaver *Immediate availability of clean water, water filters, lead poisoning test to all undocumented residents in Flint, MI *No questions asked! Ban on asking for social security numbers, IDs, and other form of identification when going to retrieve water, water filters, and lead poisoning test *Elimination of ICE raids *Investigation into the discriminatory practices that are keeping undocumented residents in Flint, MI in fear and without access to clean and uncontaminated water *Prompt and complete full replacement of all lead service lines in the water system at no cost to customers

Mni Wiconi. Water is life. Hear our story. Stand with us. Tell U.S. President Obama #NoDAPL and DENY the Easement or otherwise WE THE PEOPLE and fellow citizens of our world will #BANKEXIT by opening up Credit Union Accounts to transfer our money and will no longer maintain Bank Accounts that fund Big Oil.

Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) are crucial in a crisis--but the federal government has a responsibility to ensure that the WEA system does not reinforce dangerous profiling.