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Cara Burns, Moderate state: michigan Representative:Dave Camp, Republican. He works to make the U.S a cleaner and safer environment for everybody. He also helps overpopulation of animals that are harmful to the ecosystem. Dave Camp also has many opinions on Abortion like I do, like banning partial birth abortion except to save a mother's life and is against abortion. He is also opinionated about civil rights and making sure that citizens are treated well. He wants to protect the pledge of allegiance, gay adoptions, and equal rights. Dave Camp also is against drugs and has voted on many causes that limits them as much as possible. For education, Dave Camp also has voted on many issues. He believes that religion in schools is okay, like I do, and is okay with requiring states to test students. He also is opinionated about health care and voted on issues like regulating tobacco as a drug, not giving mental health full equity on physical health and small business associations should have healthcare, which i agree with. I also agree with some ideas on immigration he voted on like building a fence along the mexican border and extending immigration residency rules. Overall, Dave Camp and I agree on many issues. [] []

5 interesting facts about Michigan 1. The total population is of Michigan is 9,500,200 people 2. Michigan has the most registered boats in the union 3. Michigan is nicknamed for wolverines, though signs of them ever living there are very rare 4. Michigan has the most lighthouses of any state 5. The state bird of Michiagn is the robin

5 facts related to my issues: -20% of adults today are obese -Some taxes are considered a solution to national problems but also considered as an imposition on citizen rights -Most important way that adults cover health care is through their job but people over 65 years old rely greatly on the government -Obesity will be a continuous problem until unhealthy foods are deemphasized -People today usually pick healthcare by quality and not cost which is why problems occur with it

Issues most important to me 1. Obesity-Can be solved by deemphasizing fast foods and promoting healthier ones, since dieting only works for 10% of people that try it. Lowering the unhealthy parts of the food can also be helpful to the issue. I think this should be solved because no nation should be unhealthy like the U.S is. It sets a bad reputation and environment for all of the citizens. I think it can be helped a lot. 2. Health Care-Everybody should be able to have access to inexpensive heatlh care. Anybody with good health is lucky, but when someone is in bad health and can't afford to get help, there isn't much they can do. The people can't help what kind of health they are in so they should be able to have access to affordable healthcare; everybody should. 3. Taxes-Should not be increased because of national debt because some citizens believe it is unconstitutional because some can't afford it. A lot of national debt is due to government issues like overspending on things that don't have to be bought. Some citizens cannot afford all of the taxes that they have which is unfair that they have to pay.

HB31 Abolishing the death penalty The death penalty is a punishment for criminals that have commited certain crimes and their consequence for the crime is death. It is also called the Capital Punishment, and I belive it is very wrong to take away a human life because of a crime and instead spend the rest of their life in prison. This bill should be supported because it saves lives and by abolishing the penalty, it will no longer be considered unconstitutional. It also saves the citizen's money because they will no longer have to pay for harmful injections to kill the criminals that are experiencing the death penalty. It will also create a safer envirnment because high security prison workers will be hired, adding safety. It benefits the criminal and the citizens and this bill should be supported to increase safety and human lives.

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