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  The Youth of America

  There is an ancient Native American proverb that says "We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." What ...more »

   

  There is an ancient Native American proverb that says "We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." What are your thoughts on how to improve a) our failing education system and b) the planet which we are growing up in? After all, we are the future.

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  Thomas Senecal, 15

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  Submitted by thomas 2 years ago

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  Separation of Church and State

  This country was founded to allow religious freedom for its citizens. Religion is an opinion ... a belief. It is not fact. What can we do ...more »

   

  This country was founded to allow religious freedom for its citizens. Religion is an opinion ... a belief. It is not fact. What can we do to:

  1. Keep religious leaders from dictating and interfering with politics?

  2. Get the word 'God' out of government pledges and coins?

  3. Prevent teaching of intelligent design in our schools and giving children thed wrong idea about evolution?

  4. Provide a environment of religious freedom.

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  Submitted by Gary 2 years ago

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  Abstinence Only Sex Education ... symbol and substance

  Madame Speaker Despite every single study showing that abstinence-only sex education is ineffective (if not counterproductive) and that t ...more »

   

  Madame Speaker

  Despite every single study showing that abstinence-only sex education is ineffective (if not counterproductive) and that the vast majority of funding goes to organizations closely aligned with extreme elements of the Republican Party, can you explain to us why there is a single penny of taxpayer money going to these programs with the Democratic Party in control of both the House and Senate?

  And, with all due respects, how many $billions are going to similarly wasteful programs?

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  Submitted by siegead 2 years ago

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  Family Planning

  Madam Speaker, In 1968, Paul Ehrlich released "The Population Bomb" about the dangers of overpopulation. Since that time population has dou ...more »

   

  Madam Speaker,

  In 1968, Paul Ehrlich released "The Population Bomb" about the dangers of overpopulation. Since that time population has doubled while the federal government has all but ignored the problem. Studies indicate that the sustainable population of the U.S. is about 200 million persons and the sustainable population of the earth is about 2 billion. Overpopulation makes environmental problems, such as global warming, much worse, and energy policy all but unworkable. Yet, the U.S. does little either domestically or internationally to sponsor family planning.

  Will you sponsor legislation to put meaningful resources into family planning at both the national and international levels? In particular, will you put into law revocation of the global gag rule? Will you sponsor legislation to end "abstinence-only" programs, which are recipes for causing unwanted pregnancies, from all federal programs?

  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpopulation#Current_amount_of_overpopulation)

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  Submitted by libthink 2 years ago

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  Why hasn't Congress amended No Child Left Behind?

  My Democratic Congressman told me the party wants NCLB to be a talking point for the upcoming elections. Yet every year that goes by, our ch ...more »

   

  My Democratic Congressman told me the party wants NCLB to be a talking point for the upcoming elections. Yet every year that goes by, our children continue to be damaged by this bill in its current form. Why has Congress ignored the demands to amend NCLB or throw it out entirely? Is Congress and our party really placing their needs to win elections over doing what is best for our children?

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