ISAMBA

ISAMBA

 I am a democrat in the **House of Representatives**. I believe the congressperson whose political idealology I most agree with is I chose Maria [|Cantwell] because she was more on the liberal side and had a wide variety of interest in American issues. Though I too find many other American issues important, the three most important are //**foreign policy, economy, and enviorment & energy**//.


 * Foreign policy** is very important to me beacuse I feel that the current one is lacking. Almost everything can be linked to foreign policy in one way or another. Are children learning more advanced things in other countries? We put a lot of work into our education in America. Are other nations surpassing us in efforts to make our country more green? If so, then why isn't the Committee for Enviorment & Energy stepping up their game. Are wars only digging us deeper into the hole in terms of our economy. Nevertheless,  ** __the U.S. is beginning to lose it's stature__ **.

 enviorment and energy to serve as our WWII. We can create more jobs if we take going green more seriously.
 * Economy** is an obvious concern right now. The auto industry, a private sector, is looking more and more like a public sector. The bailouts aren't fair, but we can't just blame the companies, there are the frivolous spenders too. The time for pointing fingers is done, I say that it is about time that we started **__replacing the people who got us into this mess__** and help ** __ jump start programs to help American citzens __ **. Another thought is allowing


 * Enviorment and energy ** is an issue where within a global scale,  the US is falling behind in . Whether it be for competition's sake or not, it is morally wrong to allow the inhabitants of our Earth suffer from man made harm. Increasing the efforts in enviorment and energy could help the economy, as stated above, and help **  __provide a better future for the next generation__  **. Taking care of Earth is our duty.

In my bill I propose to **__improve the way foreign is aid is spent__** HB57]. Billions of our money is collected and used toward foreign aid. Giving foreign aid to underdeveloped countries is //not a chore but an obligation// and ultimately makes for a bigger economy. However, foreign aid is not where it should be in the United States ( losing stature as stated in paragraph 2). Not only is the US a weak benefactor--ranked toward the bottom of the barrel in wealthy nation's foreign aid--but // does not use the money it does give wisely //. To often // corrupt governments of the recipient countries take the money // for their own personal spending. These countries are showing // slow progression, if any at all //. Why would we waste money like this? Why are you paying for a Kenyan offical's new Rolls-Royce Phantom? If we can take ourselves out of the picture for a moment, // consider the people who actually need this foreign aid //. **Consider the eighteen children under age 5 dying every minute from extremely preventable causes. Consider the 963 million people who will go hungry tonight. Forget about the numbers, and consider that one family who cannot nourish, educate, or prevent disease from their children**, but hey if you think that's just their bad luck, then so be it. At least embrace // less money being wasted, stronger US relations, and education for all resulting in bigger economy //.

Washington is concerned with various issues; consider the following: 1. WA is the border state to Canada. 2. 10.4% of people are foreign born in WA 3. Forbes ranks WA as best state for busniess 4. Majority of Representatives in WA are democrats 5. WA uses alternative energy sources

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