KSTRUHAR

KSTRUHAR

state- North Dakota

political party- independent

The congressperson most like me is Byron L. Dorgan, and his website is [].

One issue that's very important to me is the environment and energy issue. I think this because our ozone layer is being destroyed and ice caps are melting all over the world. I feel that the people of our nation could do more to help the environment. They could do this by recycling paper, glass, aluminum, plastic, etc. People of our nation could also help our environment by reusing things such as plastic bottles; they could refill them instead of continuing to buy bottled water. One last thing the people of our nation could do to help our environment is to reduce, and they could do this by reducing how many plastic bags they use when going shopping or use paper bags instead.

Another issue that's very important to me is the economy. This topic is very important to me because our economy is very low at the time. People don't have money, so the manufacturers that have products aren't getting money because people just don't have it. So, in order for the companies to get money they must laid people off. Those people that get layed off have a hard time supporting not only themselves, but also their families (if they have one).

A final issue that's very important to me is health and safety. This issue is very important to me because many teens die a year because of drinking and driving. I think that there should be stricter laws on young people drinking. I also that the national officials should do something about teens driving. By this I mean either raising the age that teens get their license or decreasing the number of people allowed in the car when a student driver is driving without a (n) parent/ adult.

1. Fossil Fuels have made up 86.25% of America's energy source in 2007. 2. In 2004 42,636 people died because of traffic accidents. 3. Job employments dropped .2% from 2.2%; people without jobs have made a 25-year high of 8.9%. 4. If the amount of carbon dioxide increases, then Earth's average temperatures will increase, which will then increase the melting process of ice caps, ocean levels around the world, violent storms, and change weather patterns around the world. 5. Forests covered over 40% of the world's land about 8,000 years ago, and 15% of the 40% have been cleared since between the 1850's and 1880's.

SB 2 The bill that my group members and I are writing is over the issue of environment and energy. My bill is to use water as an alternative fuel source so that it'll decrease pollution, and also the use of non-renewable resources/ fossil fuels. By using this new, improved fuel source the water that was in the fuel will go into the air after it comes out the pipe. Once this happens the water vapor will rise in the air, and will be put back into the water cycle. This way we won't be using all of the world's water and polluting it. We'll just be using the water to fuel things, and then it'll be put back into the water cycle.

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