EIAMMARINO

Louisiana ! ** Political Party: ** Republican
 * E. Iammarino**


 * The representative from my state that i most agree with is **[|**David Vitter**]**. David Vitter strongly believes in patients bill of rights. He believes so strongly that he would even stand up to his own party leadership over it. He is fighting to stop lawsuits that are causing doctors to lose jobs and increasing the cost of patient care. He also wants to make health care 100% deductable and wants to create tax breaks that make elderly care and home care. He wants America to have the drugs that we are shipping to other companies available for us at the same cheap price it is in the other countries. I agree with him because i think everyone deserves health care and i believe it is important for everyone to be able to afford health care.**

//**Education:** I believe that all people have the right to a proper education. Without education people have no way of succeeding in life. I think we need to make it possible and affordable for all kids, and adults to be able to get the right education that fits to their skill level and thier needs. By inceasing the amount of people with proper educations we can lower the unenployment rate and increase the number of working people in America.
 * 3 Main Issues:**
 * Health&Safety:** The Health Care industry is a big issue in America. I think that we need to make health care more affordable to everyone. America has the medicine we could use here and we are shipping it overseas where it is sold at a much lower price than we sell it. When we start lowering the price on health care and medicines America can become a more prospering country. Safety is also very important in America. Americans need to feel that they are in a safe country and they dont need to worry about their lives and safety. We need to continue working to be the safest country.
 * Enviorment:** I believe that we need to start using the enviorment we have. Instead of cutting down forest to create shopping malls and other buildings we need to start using the natural and renewable resources that are provided for us by our enviorment. We have so many renewable resourses that we could be using but we aren't taking full advantage of them. Such as wind power, or hydroelectricity.//

1- Lousiana has had 12,504 arrest due to drunk driving. 2- The minimum license suspension after a DUI in Louisiana is 90 days. 3- 43% of Louisianas car crashes are due to drunk driving. 4- In 2006 Louisiana had 425 drunk driving fatalities. 5- In Louisiana you have mandatory jail time after your second DUI.**
 * 5 Facts About My State:


 * Our Bill:** Our bill is on the issue of health and safety. The bill concerns drunk driving; we think that drunk driving and DUI's need to be taken more seriously. Our bill states that after the first DUI your liscenes is suspended, then after your third DUI you have jail time and your liscenese is taken away perminatly. We think this bill will make driving more safe and lower the amount of car accidents. In the year 2006 alone there were 13,470 deaths from drunk driving accidents. As of May 8, 2009 at 12:28 pm there have been 4539 drunk driving deaths.

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