LROHDE

 ** LRohde  **

 My Political Party is: ** Libertarian **

The three issues that are the most important to me are:

**__ -- Education __** With the topic of education I think there should be more oppurtunities for classes and education for every child, regardless of their situation economically. I believe every child deserves and education for many reasons: Every child needs to be able to learn about life, reading, writing, and other things; and without education of every child, how are we going to grow as a city, state, country, or even a world?

-- __Environment__ The environment provides many things for us, so I think it is important for everyone to make a conscious effort to recycle anything that can be recycled; save water even by doing the little things such as turning off the water while you brush your teeth, cut time in the shower, or not run the dishwasher unless it is absolutely full; switch to the environmentally safe light bulbs; and to save electricity by turning off all lights when you are going to sleep with the exceptions of lamps or night-lights, unplugging things when they are not in use such as your cell phone chargers and lamps, because even when you are not using them or they are turned off they still use electricity. With the issue of health and safety, I think it is important for every person should have the right to health care even if they can't afford it. Everybody deserves the right to a good life, and that is why I feel this issue is very important.
 * -- ** __** Health and safety **__

(**[|**http://www.michaud.house.gov/**]**)**
 * The congressman I agree with the most is Mike Michaud.

1.) The state of Maine will be voting on a bill soon. The bill they are going to vote on is about the state paying a portion of the citizens health care cost, which they feel is important to them now because of the economical downfall.

2.) Also because of the economical downfall, Maine is going to have to decrease their original budget of $6.3 billion, to a budget of $5.8 billion.

3.) The govenor of Maine, John Baldacci, is working hard and taking steep cuts into spending to bring Maine into a better economical situation.

4.) The first English establishments in Maine were made in 1623.

5.) Maine has more than 2,500 lakes and 5,00 streams, making it a popular vacation spot. Bill- Our bill, SB 45 sponsored by me, kyanda, and plebas, is called Giving Back. The purpose of our bill is to promote recycling. We feel this topic is very important to our country. The bill makes it a requirement for certain groups to recycle what they use, that is recyclable. We feel this will really help our environment.