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​Sophia Arnold, Connecticut - Green Party Chris Murphy: []



1. State song is Yankee Doodle 2. Leading producer of eggs, pears, peaches and mushrooms in New England. And the producer of the second largest oyster crop in the nation. 3. There is a mountain that, from another peak, looks like a person laying down and looking up at the sky. In the hip, Mount Carmel, is a cave called Deadman's Cave. A man went insane and camped there, then was found dead. 4. The Scoville Memorial Library is the oldest public library in the United States, it was founded in 1771 by Richard Smith. He used donations from the community to buy 200 books from London. People were allowed to return and borrow books on every third Monday of every month. It also became the first publicly supported library on April 9, 1810. The town of Salisbury called for 100 dollars from the town treasury to buy more books. 5. On May 15, 1809, Mary Kies of South Killingly was the first woman to recieve a patent. She patented the practice of weaving straw into silk.
 * Five Facts About Connecticut: **

1. The first trade association in America was founded in Naugatuck Valley. 2. In 1762 in Lakeville, the first blast furnace was built. 3. In Mystic, B.F. Clydes's Cyder Mill is the only steam-powered cyder mill in the United States. 4. Dr. Henry Bronson of Yale Medical School was the first expert in the treatment of Asiatic Cholera 5. In Simsbury in 1836 the manufacturing of the first safety fuse began.
 * Five Facts That Relate to My Issues: **

1. **Enviroment and Energy:** I think that the United States should work harder to protect the natural enviroment. Though we spend a lot now we will save money in the long run. The money spent on building and keeping up with renewable energy sources will be saved when we can stop spending millions of dollars buying fossil fuels from other countries and drilling in our own. Also, our national security will be increased because we will have stopped giving millions of dollars to countries that could even be hostile to our own. And, we will be focusing on ourselves and no longer sending money to other countries, which will help decrease our national debt. Using renewable energy will also decrease our carbon emissions, helping our enviroment and our planet. Using more clean energy sources will help us in the long run over all.
 * My Issues: **

2. **Education:** I think that the United States should put more money into education. We should put more money into researching and making sure that our schools are the best learning enviroments. We should make sure that not only are we doing the research, but that we should make sure we our applying it to our schools. We should make sure we are giving students the most amount of opportunities and making it as easy as possible for our students to learn. We should put more money into scholarship funds so that students who cannot afford college are able to attend. Everyone who is willing should have the opportunity and the help, by giving more money for scholorships we will open up more opportunities for students. As well as research and opportunities, we should make sure we are giving enough help to those who need it and not simply spoiling those who are smart. Standardized testing is another issue we are working on. I think that not too much of our knowledge of students should be placed on standardized testing. There are many students who do not test well, and if we base our decisions for them on these tests we could place smart students in classes that are too easy for them. Also, students in accelorated classes may struggle with these tests. They may not have learned the topics the tests cover recently and review them quickly and not fully, making it difficult for them to answer questions in the topics they are advanced in.

3. **Foreign Policy:** I think that the United States should work on being involved with other countries. We should create many good relationships with other countries and make sure to maintain them. With friendly relationships we will increase the amount of help we can get when we need it. In fighting we will have more willing countries to help reinforce our beliefs, in common needs we will have more help from other countries as well. If something bad to our country happens we will need help from other countries. To help with this, we should be involved in international organizations. Though we should be friendly with many countries we should also keep to ourselves. We should make sure we are ok primarily, before helping others. We should make sure that, while being friendly, we keep our country safe.


 * My Bill - Dam Up the Rivers: **
 * SB19**: This bill will take government money to build hydroelectric dams on rivers throughout the United States. It will utilize the use of the natural resource of water. Much of the United States will be eligible for these hydroelectric dams so it will decrease the need for fossil fuels. This will decrease the money spent on buying fossil fuels from other countries and on drilling here in our own country. Not only will that save money but it will save our enviroment. Also, paying for the hydroelectricity will be less expensive than paying for regular electricity.

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