bkalta

Barbie Kalta, Alabama

Link to my Bill: http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/SB32 I think you should pass my bill because it could strongly help our environment by helping to stop the filling of land fills, it will also save schools money. Links: [] [] [] [] [] []

Political Party:Democratic The congress person that is most like me, would be Jeff Sessions from Alabama. (Link for website > [|http://sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.H] I agree with Jeff Sessions on how he wants to continue a traditional safety net for Alabama's agriculture and how he wants to improve the reading level for kids because 70% of middle and hight school students read at a lower reading level than there supposed to be at. He does many good things for Alabama.

5 interesting facts about the state of Alabama:
 * 1) Workers from Alabama built the first rocket that put humans on the moon
 * 2) Alabama is an agricultural state, today the leading crop is cotton
 * 3) In Creek Indian language the word, Alabama, means tribal town
 * 4) Alabama introduced Mardi Gras to the western part of the world
 * 5) Alabama is the only state with all the major natural resources that are needed to make iron and also steel

5 facts about Agriculture in Alabama:
 * 1) Alabama has more than 48,500 farms
 * 2) Exports about $1 billion a year from the agriculture
 * 3) The thing that most use today are produced from plants and animal products like, health care supplies, personal care and more.
 * 4) Alabama is one of the U.S top agricultural states
 * 5) Top export is Poultry with $429 million (2008)

3 Issues that are important to me:
 * 1) World Pollution- The pollution on Earth is getting worse as the years pass. Everywhere environmental places like lakes and forests are being damaged because of what we do, I believe that we need to be more efficient with energy resources and resort to more environmental ways like wind and solar energy. Also I think that we should try to use unharmful chemicals that produce pollution and harm the ozone and such
 * 2) Rainforests- The Earth's Rainforests are decreasing in size with about only 57% of what we originally had. We should make clear that these are very important places for natural resources and also animal life. We continue to destroy these animals natural habitats and endanger the animals that live within.
 * 3) Recycling- In 1970 the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) started making recycle programs. In my opinion recycling is a good way to help our environment with pollution problems, I think that we should all take part and recycle as much as we can