MWINKLER

M. Winkler State: Iowa Senator Political Party: Republican

My political party standing is as a republican. The Senators from Iowa are [|Chuck Grassely] (R) and [|Tom Harkin](D). I agree with Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa. I agree with most of Chuck's thoughts about the issues. My issues that I would rate most important than others are our nation's education, the environment and energy, and our nation's homeland security. I think that in order to improve/help one issue we need to improve/ help another issues, for example, if we want to improve the environment and find an alternative fuel source, I think that first we would need to improve our nation's education, so that then if we do improve this nation’s education thinking of new ways to help the environment and to find an alternative fuel source. I would say that the most important issue to me is our nation's education. I believe that ever child in America should have the right to go to school and get a good education. I also believe that we should raise our standers in all school subjects. I think that by raising standers in all school subjects students will be able to think about new ideas that today no one would have thought about doing. The second most important issue to me is our nation’s environment and our nation’s energy. I believe that if we do not change our nation’s ways of dealing with the environment and our nation’s energy, twenty or thirty years from now we will run out of our nation’s everyday needs, like fresh water and gasoline. I think this because every day we dump wastes into the environment killing organisms that are very important to the environment. The third most important issue to me is our nation’s homeland security. I believe that this issue is very important to our nation for a few reasons. The first reason is just look at what happened on September 11, 2001, that could have been prevented if our nation’s homeland security was more advanced. I think that all of these issues go hand in hand, to improve one you have to improve another first. Senator Chuck Grassley also thinks that these issues are as important as I do.

Information about my bill (SB50): The bill that my partner and i are dealing with is about education. We believe that the standards need to be set higher as a Nation to improve our nation. This bill will imporove our education and increase the success in our young students in the world today. Our students and scholars of the United States will become more intelligent and educated highly in math, technology, science, and medicine.

Five Facts about my state: ~ Each year the number of high school drop outs increase by 23%. ~ About 60% of the total land area of Iowa is all crops. ~ Agriculture is very important to Iowa's economy. ~ In 2008, Iowa ranked top in the nation for average SAT scores per student and second in the nation for average ACT scores per student. ~ As of 2008, wind accounted for 15% of energy produced and 7.1% of the state's power needs; Iowa ranked second in wind generating capacity of U.S. states.

Ten Sources that I used: ~ "Congress Man Chuck Grassley: Issues-Education" 8 May 2009 <[|http://grassley.senate.gov]> ~ "Laws in Iowa" 9 May 2009 < [|http://www.constructionweblinks.com] > ~ "Iowa's high school drop out rate" 9 May 2009 < [|http://www.wqad.com] > ~ "Facts about Iowa: 9 May 2009 < [|http://www.usgeography.abc-clio.com] > ~ "Information on Iowa" 9 May 2009 < [|http://en.wikipedia.org] > ~ "Senators of Iowa" 4 May 2009 < [|http://www.senate.gov] > ~ "Iowa's State Page" 9 May 2009 < [|http://www.iowa.gov] > ~ "History of Iowa" 9 May 2009 < [|http://www.iowahistory.org] > ~ "YLI" 4 May 2009 < [|http://youthleadership.net] > ~ "Learning more about the constitution" 9 May 2009 < [|http://ratify.constitutioncenter.org] >