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Ryan Donley
 * 1) Indiana
 * 2) Political Party: Republican Party
 * 3) Issue: Environmental pollution/ Immagration

[|Darrell Issa]

__Five interesting facts:__ 1.Santa Claus, Indiana, receives more than one-half million letters and requests at Christmas time. 2.The first successful goldfish farm in the United States was opened in Martinsville, Indiana, in 1899. 3.North of Lafayette is the site of the Battle of Tippecanoe, where on November 7, 1811, William Henry Harrison's forces defeated the Native American confederacy formed by the famous Shawnee chief Tecumseh. 4.David Letterman, host of television's "Late Show with David Letterman," was born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis. 5.More than 100 species of trees are native to Indiana. Before the pioneer's arrive more than 80% of Indiana was covered with forest. Now only 17% of the state is considered forested.

__Five interesting facts about related issues:__ 1.The Hoosier Environmental Council, founded in 1983, is Indiana`s largest state-wide environmental organization. Over more than twenty-five years, The Hoosier have succeeded in translating there educational efforts into environmental gains, with forest, groundwater and lake protection as part of their legacy. 2.Indiana ranks disturbingly low in many indicators of environmental quality. 3.According to an assessment by Forbes magazine, Indiana ranks 49th in the nation in environmental quality. 4.In 1990, Indiana lawmakers passed landmark legislation that created an Office of Pollution Prevention and Technical Assistance within IDEM. 5.In 2001, Indiana received $75,183,000 in federal grants from the Environmental Protection Agency; EPA expenditures for procurement contracts in Indiana that year amounted to $4,009,000.

__Education-__ I feel that education is a very important issue because, without education there would be no workers to fill the field of labor, and than there would be a slow recession that the country would face. A fact that i found is Indiana's Academic Standards are revised on a 6-year cycle. New Science Standards were adopted in 2010. New CTE Standards will be adopted in 2011. New Social Studies Standards will be adopted in 2012.

__Environment-__ I feel that the environment is very important because if people do not protect the environment it may come back, and end up hurting the human population, and would eventually deplete our resources.

__Unemployment-__ I feel that this topic is very important topic because without jobs people would have no money to pay bills, and that would lead to a recession. A fact that i found was, Indiana legislators are working on last-minute legislation to maintain the state's eligibility for EB. Federally-funded benefits for long-term jobless who exhaust 26 weeks of state benefits, and up to 53 weeks of federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation. The unemployment rate in Indiana is 8.8 percent.

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