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Name: Hannah Gang State: New York Political Party: Moderate liberal ( Independent with Democratic leanings) Senator Most Like Me: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. I agree with her opinions about cutting budgets for women's health care. We both think that it is important to keep people safe. We both agree that some tax money should be channeled into research for renewable energy sources such as wind turbines. I also agree with her bill to make autism care more affordable for American families. Link: [] Link To Bill Page 5 Interesting Facts about New York State: 1. New York is one of the most densely populated states. 2. New York City was the site of the terrorist attack on 9/11. 3. There are 176 parks in New York State. 4. New York's motto is loosely translated from Italian to mean 'Ever Upward'. 5. New York would have been the harbor fo the disastrous ship Titanic.

5 Interesting Facts about New York That Correspond with My Issues: 1. Several books have been debated by school boards to decide on their availability and appropriateness and have actually been banned from public libraries. 2. One of the most controversial series in New York is the Harry Potter book series. 3. The small rows of trees that line New York City's streets actually reduce air flow and increase temperature. 4. The amount of litter in Central Park has increased greatly over the last decade. 5. The lack of discipline and rigor in New York's cirriculum have allowed the students to slack off and not reach their full potential.

Issues Important to Me 1. Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries I believe that everyone has a right to all literature, because a book is not concrete fact, it is an opinion or a personal view of life that is unique to the author. By banning books, you are breaking the rights guaranteed by the first amendment to the freedom of speech and of the press. Anyone should have the right to read anything they want, no matter how controversial or rebellious. 2. Environmental Protection in The United States The Earth that we live on is not invincible or immortal or impervious to the damage that humans place on it in the form of waste, radiation, or pollution, and it is the only home that we have. Once it is dead, we will have nowhere to go. We have to clean up our act before it is too late by lowering our dependence on limited fossil fuels, cutting down on pollution and investing in clean energy to minimize our carbon footprint. 3. Overpopulation and Lower Standards of Living New York gets an awful lot of hype for being home to the largest theater district in America, having so many people and so much glamour that the ugly part, the slums and the homelessness and the crime amongst even children is often overlooked. Everyone deserves a proper house, with enough food and a promise for tomorrow. We need to rehabilitate many rundown areas in New York to keep America in the top slots for standard of living. 4. Correction of Economic Dependence on Other countries and the Redevelopment of jobs in America. The exporting of other jobs to countries like China is weakening our economic infrastructure. We are causing our own downfall by denying opportunities to our fellow citizens and shipping them away. When we have no jobs here in America, no one to make money, we simply set ourselves up for a complete economic collapse. Jobs must be brought back into America to save our economy and keep it functioning.

My Bill: Stop All Drilling in Alaskan Wildlife Reserve and Promote the Production of Green Energy The purpose of this bill is to stop and further prevent all oil drilling in and around the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, as it is proposed to lower America's tremendous oil dependency. This bill would also promote the production of green energy and construct wind turbines, hydro-electric plants, etc. as alternative energy sources. It will preserve fragile ecosystems and wildlife and help to shrink America's large dependence on polluting fossil fuels while providing new jobs on-site as rangers in the ANWR and in the energy plants. This bill will also aim to help America move forward, as a whole, into the common use of green energy. First, we will advertse the bill reprocussions and the fact that it was passed in the United States. This would alert those within eligiblity of the bill of the bill's passing. We would do this using television ads and a newspaper announcement. The tax on oil would then be raised five percent. Then, over a six month period, we would remove all oil drills and rigs from the ANWR. We will then provide compensation for a maximum of six months. Next, we will hire rangers to patrol the bill area. We will take the scrap oil rig parts and recycle them. We will then begin to provide green energy sources. In this way, we will b posotivley and progressivley shifting America's oil dependency. People should vote for this bill because it greatly benefits the enviornment and helps to preserve our natural resources by conserving fossil fuels and replacing them will healthy energy sources. The use of green energy will make clean air and water more widespread, and will help rates of asthma go down in large cities currently hindered by dangerous smog. My Sources: 1. Hoeflich, Michael H. "American Booksellers Association." //[]////Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2011. 2.Unknown Author, "Kirsten Gillibrand United States Senator fo New York" [] Copyright © 2009-2015 3. Author Unknown "Competing Interests in Health Care: Need To Know." [Issues|http://issues.abcclio.com/Analyze/Display/1371649cid=11&terms=Need+to+Know+health+care] //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society// ABC-CLIO, 2011. 4.Moore, Shelley [] Salary of a Wind Turbine Mechanic, February 22, 2011 EHow

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5. Author Unknown, [] Top 10 Reasons to Support ANWR Development Copyright 2005 - 2011 Arctic Power - Arctic National Wildlife Refuge=====

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6. Author Unknown [] How Much Do Wind Turbines Cost?Copyright 2000-2011 Windustry® & Great Plains Windustry Project 7. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition, Conservation Scientist and Foresters, [] December 17, 2009===== 8.Author Unknown [] ﻿ Jet Fuel Monitor © IATA 2011.