There’s growing national momentum and broad support for raising wages and lifting workers out of poverty to help boost the economy—and we’re committed to making that happen in New York. Support Local Wage Authority.

Do not undermine peace negotiations with Iran by creating or threatening new sanctions. Prevent Obama haters and AIPIC Jewish lobbyists from thwarting hard won diplomatic success.

Honorable Congressman Sires, As a resident of New Jersey, I wish to express my conviction that representatives of the US government should remain neutral in the upcoming presidential elections in El Salvador. Members of Congress have attempted to intervene in El Salvador’s recent presidential elections by making slanderous remarks against the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) or by threatening repercussions against Salvadoran immigrants and their families if the FMLN were to win. We hope you agree that such actions are an egregious violation of the Salvadoran people’s right to participate in a free and fair electoral process. Thus, we have been concerned by recent actions you have taken as Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs that seek to sway public opinion in favor of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party. You recently co-authored a letter with Representative Salmon (R-AZ), which was circulated through the Salvadoran media that made several unsubstantiated allegations about the FMLN’s presidential candidate. Actions like these perpetuate a long-standing pattern of interference in El Salvador’s democratic affairs that we, your constituents, oppose. New Jersey is home to over 55,000 Salvadorans, who represent diverse political opinions. However, we- Salvadoran Americans living in New Jersey, and constituents who support our Salvadoran neighbors- believe that this election should be free of any attempts by United States government officials to sway the election in one way or the other. We call on you to refrain from making any statements in the weeks before the elections that are intended to influence the elections and thus jeopardize the Salvadoran people’s right to self-determination. We have been heartened by recent confirmations of the United States’ commitment to neutrality: • In December, fifty-one Congressional Representatives signed a letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry calling for neutrality in the upcoming elections. • In response to this letter, US Ambassador to El Salvador, Mari Carmen Aponte stated to the Salvadoran public that “we [the US] will not intervene in any way; the Salvadoran people will be the ones making this decision.” • In January, Senator Menéndez released the following statement: “As Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, I look forward to working with El Salvador’s next president and all political actors in the country to build upon the strategic partnership that our two countries enjoy.” We call on you to join your fellow Members of Congress and the Obama administration in making it clear that you will respect the will of the Salvadoran people, including those of us here in New Jersey. Sincerely, NEW JERSEY APOYA ELECCIONES LIBRES Y JUSTAS EN EL SALVADOR Honorable Congresista Sires , Como residente del Estado de Nueva Jersey, deseo expresar mi convicción de que los representantes del gobierno de EE.UU. deben permanecer neutros en las próximas elecciones presidenciales en El Salvador. Los miembros del Congreso han tratado de intervenir en las recientes elecciones presidenciales de El Salvador haciendo comentarios difamatorios contra el partido gobernante, el Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN ) o haciendo amenazas repercutantes contra los inmigrantes salvadoreños y sus familias si el FMLN ganaba . Esperamos que usted esté de acuerdo con que este tipo de acciones son una violación flagrante del derecho del pueblo salvadoreño a participar en un proceso electoral libre y justo. Por lo tanto, nos hemos preocupado por las recientes acciones que ha tomado como miembro de alto rango del Subcomité del Hemisferio Occidental de la Cámara de Asuntos Exteriores, que buscan influenciar en la opinión pública a favor de la Alianza Republicana Nacionalista de derecha (ARENA). Recientemente usted ha co -escrito una carta con el Representante Salmon (R -AZ), la cual fue distribuida a través de los medios de comunicación salvadoreños que han hecho varias alegaciones infundadas sobre el candidato presidencial del FMLN. Acciones como éstas perpetúan un inmenso patrón de la interferencia en los asuntos democráticos de El Salvador a la que nosotros, sus electores, nos oponemos. El Estado de Nueva Jersey es el hogar de más de 55,000 salvadoreños, que representan una diversidad de opiniones políticas. Sin embargo, nosotros los salvadoreños estadounidenses que vivimos en Nueva Jersey, y votantes que apoyamos nuestros vecinos salvadoreños, creemos que estas elecciones deben estar libre de cualquier intento por parte de funcionarios del gobierno de los Estados Unidos para influenciar en las elecciones de un modo u otro. Le hacemos un llamado para que usted se abstenga de hacer declaraciones en las semanas previas a las elecciones que pretende influenciar y por lo tanto poner en peligro el derecho del pueblo salvadoreño a la libre determinación. Hemos sido alent...

The gender wage gap is real – and it hurts women, hurts families, and hurts the middle-class. But working women can’t negotiate for fair pay unless they can find out how their own wages measure up. Please support House Bill 1188 and Senate Bill 207, relative to paycheck equity. This legislation takes a critical step toward closing the pay gap in NH by clearly defining the conditions when male and female workers with the same job responsibilities may legitimately be paid different wages, and stops employers from requiring pay secrecy as a condition of employment or retaliating against employees who disclose wage and salary information to their co-workers. Please stand with New Hampshire working families by voting to pass HB 1188 and SB 207.

Save the Hudson River and reject Global Partners' bid to use the Port of Albany to ship tar sands crude oil through New York.

The public deserves a chance to comment on the proposed revisions of oil and gas regulations. Currently, communities in 38 counties are being fracked, yet the Environmental Quality Board is only holding hearings in seven counties, including two where no fracking is occurring. We are calling on you to add hearings in every county being fracked. We also believe the 60-day comment period is inadequate and are calling on you to extend the comment period so the proposed rules receive the proper scrutiny. We risk nothing by taking our time to get this right; we risk everything by rushing.

We the undersigned are the parents, coaches, volunteers, and supporters of the City of Oakland-owned Oakland Bears Youth Hockey Club. Since 2007 we have lost many excellent Bear's families, coaches, players, and supporters. We have done everything possible to work with the current San Jose Sharks Management that runs the Oakland Ice Center and our Oakland Bears Hockey club. At this point we demand that a change in leadership be made forthwith. The current management led by Melissa Fitzgerald has caused good families and coaches to run from the club, and has steadily decimated our youth hockey club in every way. There has been a revolving door of managers, hockey managers and staff at the Oakland Ice Center. Currently there is no Hockey Director and has not been for 5 months. Recently, we were told that "No one even remotely qualified has applied for the position." Not only has the quality of the program and morale been diminished, but most alarmingly, our young children have been repeatedly and recklessly put in harms way. The San Jose Sharks Management team led by Melissa Fitzgerald recently recruited and welcomed a registered sex offender from the State of Michigan who by law was not allowed to work or volunteer with children under the age of 16. This man became head coach of our second youngest team, which included boys and girls ages 8-11. Although this man's background check by CAHA initially flagged the sex offender status and felony conviction, member(s) of the San Jose Sharks Management team assisted this man in obtaining a waiver and he was placed in a position with full access to our children, even behind the closed locker room doors. At no point were parents notified of any of this by the management or were even allowed to make their own decision as to whether they were comfortable with this decision. When the Oakland Police Department intervened and made a notification to the staff at the Oakland Ice Center and arrested the coach, Melissa Fitzgerald phoned the investigating officer and made complaints about the officer's judgment in notifying the staff and also, in the officer's opinion, tried to defend and belittle the actual charges against the coach. Even after this event, volunteers and coaches have been allowed to have access to many of our children without being properly screened and having the required background check. We have felt up until this point that a complete public airing of these deficiencies could cause more harm than good to our club. With these recent events, those scales have now been tipped. A change MUST be made by the City of Oakland and/or the upper Management within the San Jose Sharks organization. As of now, the City of Oakland has failed to respond to our repeated requests to meet. The current management team at the Oakland Ice Center led by Melissa Fitzgerald must immediately be changed to a more responsive and safety-oriented team that will protect our Oakland Bears children. We demand an immediate change in leadership. Go Bears!

Don't let Santa Fe become the American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC) new lobbyist in New Mexico. Santa Fe has been innovative in implementing its diversion program. Don't take Santa Fe backward by lobbying for legislation like ALEC's Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Act that only benefits the for-profit prison industry. Remove mandatory minimum sentencing from Santa Fe's legislative priorities resolution.

The Los Angeles Times has adopted a policy of refusing to publish letters that deny climate change, and you should follow suit. End climate change denial in your newspaper.

The Los Angeles Times has adopted a policy of refusing to publish letters that deny climate change, and you should follow suit. End climate change denial in your newspaper. On Nov. 21, 2013 The Dallas Morning News published a letter to the editor of the "Earth's climate has changed before, and so humankind is not responsible for the current changes" variety. Such analysis is fallacious and dangerous. Join the rest of the United States and the international community in recognizing the threat to our future presented by the scientifically-established rise of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.