VDEMATTEIS

VDEMATTEIS

My political party is Democrat


 * Congressman:** [|Gene Green]

Civil Rights: Civil rights is important because people are still being descriminated and should have personal rights.
 * Issues:**

Economy: Our economy is going down the drain and it needs to change before it gets even worse.

Immigration: Immigration needs to be controlled because millions of illegal immigrants are getting payed less than minumum wadge and this is causing some Americans to lose their job.

HB 76 - VDeMatteis, APiotrowski, SDeBord
 * Bill information:**

Our bill is to protect women rights. Most women do not get payed as much as men do. This bill will make it so that women are not put down like this and get payed the same amount of money for the same amount of work. People should support this bill because it equalizes pay for women.

1) In 1972, Texas had an average oil production of three million barrels of oil per day which plays a big part in there economy. 2) Females make up more than half of the population of Texas so they should be getting payed the same as men do. 3) Texas has about 4.7 million immigrants, but about a third of those are illegal immigrants. 4) Texas has an average sales tax of 6.25%. 5) Manufacturing became one of the biggest buisnesses in texas.
 * 5 Facts about my state that i believe will be important:**


 * websites:**

1.) [|**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas**] "Texas -." __Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia__. 15 May 2009 .

2.) [] __Wikipedia__. 9 May 2009 [].

3.) [] "33rd Annual Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award Dinner." __Civil rights__. 11 May 2009 [].

4.) h[|ttp://www.civilrights.org] __Leadership Conference on Civil Rights__. 15 May 2009 [|http://www.civilrights.org].

5.)[|http://www.abc-clio.com] __ABC-CLIO Social Studies Databases: Login__. 15 May 2009 .

6.)[|http://www.abc-clio.com] __ABC-CLIO Social Studies Databases: Login__. 15 May 2009 .

7.)http://www.globalissues.org/article/166/womens-rights "Women’s Rights — Global Issues." __Global Issues : social, political, economic and environmental issues that affect us all — Global Issues__. 15 May 2009 .

8.)__American Civil Rights Institute | Welcome__. 15 May 2009 .