We urge you to nominate Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior. It's long past time for a progressive indigeous person, committed to action on the climate crisis, to oversee our public lands and honor our commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affiliated island communities.

Members of Congress should vote no on the Ryan-Hatch bill for fast track authority to negotiate trade agreements. The Ryan-Hatch fast track bill threatens European efforts to uphold international law concerning Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

I urge you to denounce Trump’s immigration raids and military escalation against protestors defending their communities.

Lev Parnas has made the explosive allegation that President Trump, Vice President Pence, Attorney General Barr, and other members of the Trump administration were directly involved in the Ukraine scandal. The Senate must call on him to testify as part of Trump’s impeachment trial.

1.) Social Engagement – Brings people of all ages together to create engaged communities. A splash pad is a low maintenance, environmentally friendly project that will be available to children and adults of all abilities and financial means. 2.) Safe Play – Zero-depth spaces eliminate drowning risk and staffing needs. A splash pad will provide recreational opportunities to the residents as a safe and healthy outdoor water recreation option. 3.) Inclusive Play – Encourages physical, functional and social development in children and adults of all abilities. 4.) Stimulates Imagination & Creativity – Unscripted free play encourages children and adults to create their own play experiences. Playing with water provides important sensory integration and development; splash pads provide a great way to do this. Water play can help improve balance and strength. Playing in water is like playing on a brand-new playground where even the simplest activities, like clapping your hands or jumping, are a whole new sensory experience. 5.) Sustainable & Eco-Friendly – Innovative re-circulation and capture and re-purpose water management systems reduce water consumption. 6.) Integrates with Surroundings – Splash pad features and color options ensure that they always compliment the surrounding landscape & facilities. Splash pads offer many design options. Coloring of pad surface and spray elements of all sizes, shapes, and colors allow for endless design and theming opportunities. These options can help a community tie into existing design elements or create a new sense of place. They can be big or small to fit any space and budget, and future play elements can be added. Light mists, jets, flowing and sprinkling effects combine to keep play experiences fresh and entertainment value high. Lighting elements extend the hours of usage and create a stunning architectural piece during evening hours.

In April 2015, Yahoo News published the results of an investigation into the fundraising activities of the National Rifle Association (NRA) that revealed numerous violations of federal tax and election laws.1 Among other revelations, the investigation discovered that the gun lobby was illegally using donations its solicits for non-political purposes to pay for electioneering, and then failed to disclose the contributions as required by federal law. The expose appeared to uncover the following specific violations of federal law by the NRA: - Failing to report more than $33 million dollars in political expenditures between 2008 and 2013. Had it done so, according to the Yahoo News report, the NRA would have owed more than $600,000 in taxes to the federal government. - Soliciting donations for the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF), its PAC, for electoral purposes without disclosing that fact to potential donors. - Soliciting donations for the NRA-PVF from the general public, even though the NRA is barred from doing so as a member organization. - Failing to post multiple disclaimers required by federal law when fundraising for the NRA-PVF. While the NRA asserts its failure stemmed from a “clerical error,” such an error is hard to believe from a sophisticated and influential organization with multiple levels of review for all of its filings. This was not, as the NRA has asserted, simple failure to check a box. The NRA also failed to file an entire schedule required for any organization with political expenditures. Tell Federal Election Commission (FEC) Chairman Ann Ravel and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen: Launch investigations into the NRA’s fraudulent activities immediately 1. Alan Berlow, “The NRA’s Brazen Shell Game with Donations,” Yahoo News, April 21, 2015

In recent years, there has been a growing interest across the United States in the restoration of passenger rail services on dormant rail lines. States like Maryland, New York, and Montana  have already embarked on this journey, recognizing the immense potential for economic growth, improved transportation systems, and environmental benefits. Connecticut stands at the cusp of similar transformational change. We call upon the Connecticut Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study to explore the reactivation of passenger rail service on the Maybrook and Housatonic (aka Berkshire) rail lines. This study should aim to determine the most economically beneficial and least costly options for reactivating these lines, with findings made available to Connecticut legislators by January 2027. The reactivation of these rail lines offers a visionary solution to our state's pressing challenges. Connecticut, like much of the nation, faces critical issues such as a severe housing shortage and escalating automobile congestion. By tapping into existing infrastructure, we can encourage transit-oriented development, diversify housing supply, and expand sustainable and green transportation options. The Maybrook Line is of particular interest as it integrates the Waterbury, Danbury, and Harlem Metro-North lines, offering a new east-west transportation corridor that could connect Connecticut with New York. Meanwhile, the revival of the Housatonic Line presents an opportunity to reconnect communities along the Massachusetts border, revitalizing a historic route between Pittsfield, MA, and Danbury, CT. The infrastructure for this change already exists, with tracks in place and several former stations still standing. The potential benefits include enhancing accessibility, stimulating local economies, and significantly reducing traffic and emissions. We urge the Connecticut Department of Transportation to undertake this feasibility study with an eye towards determining which project would yield the greatest benefits while being the most feasible to implement.

FEDERAL ANTI-INFLATION ACT of 2013 This Bill is being delivered to Congress and incorporates the Public Interest by empowering Congress to: - declare War on Inflation - allow the creation of a publicly regulated class of US public corporate chartered national banks that may issue US Treasury Notes of $1, $5, $20, $50, $100 and $1000 denominations using capital reserves based solely on Zero (0) percent (%) interest yielding US Treasury Bonds and a capital ratio requirement of 1::9 or higher capital reserve requirement and distributing annual dividends to stockholders. Stock ownership in these US public corporate chartered national banks is limited to individual US citizen private investors representing 100% individual US Citizens where no single investor may own more than 1000 shares or One (1) percent (%) of One (1) Trillion shares of total outstanding stock. Outstanding unsold stock will be held by US Treasury Department. Splitting of total outstanding stock will occur (3 for2 ) as US population reaches Seventy Fixe (75) percent (%) of each Billion citizens. - direct the US Treasury Department to issue Zero (0) percent (%) Interest Treasury Bonds to exchange on the open market for the creation of US Treasury Notes by a new class of publicly regulated US public corporate chartered national banks. - direct the SEC to oversee this new class of publicly regulated US public corporate chartered national banks by Federal Acccounting Standard Board (FASB) generally accepted accounting practice (GAAP) rules and quarterly public posting of financial statements. - coin money equal to Ten (10) Trillion Dollars to provide the initial capital reserves for the first 10 banks and seed money of Ten (10) Billion dollars to initiate business operations. - coin money equal to the total interest payments outstanding on all debts of the above-referenced new class of public regulated US public corporate chartered national banks to be used to fund government and the public good at large. - reduce or eliminate the circulation of Federal Reserve Notes based on US Treasury Bonds yielding an interest rate of greater than Zero (0 ) percent (%). - Allow only US Notes to be used to satisfy capital reserve requirements in this new class of publicly regulated US public corporate chartered national banks - declare US Treasury Notes as Legal Tender, backed by risk-free Zero (0) percent (%) US Treasury Bonds and fully exchangable with Federal Reserve notes in Public, Private and Central Banking Systems - instruct US Treasury Department to buy One (1) share of stock for each US citizen at Zero (0) dollar cost and send it to each US Citizen for Zero Cost (0) to the US Citizen. - make any necessary revisions to the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, the Fourteenth and Sixteenth Amendments of the Constitution to: 1) Replace all Federal Reserve Notes in circulation with US Treasury Notes 2) Disallow ownership of these stocks by anyone except living individual US Citizens 3) Exempt Income Tax Requirement for this publicly new class of publicly regulated US public corporate chartered national banks Related: http://wh.gov/pkaC

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The Senate should amend the Bill to Repeal and Replace ACA ; instead fixing ACA: Medicaid should be expanded by increasing taxes of higher incomes. Pre-Existing Conditions should be permanently recognized by all states by assignation of higher fees to those who are covered that have higher incomes. There should be a Prescription plan aggressively enforced putting ceiling of costs and time limits to increase costs- and lowering of patent time to a maximum of 5 years for all drugs- Regulation of new drug s should be loosened by FDA to allow expediting their entrance into marketplace. The penalties for not having insurance should only be applied to those with higher incomes.