DCalder

Hello! This is Represenative DCalder's page! I am from Rhode Island and I am a Republican.

The congressperson that I mostly agree with on issues is [|Patrick J. Kennedy].

5 interesting facts about my state would be:

1. The capitol is Providence. 2. The Secretary of State is A. Ralph Mollis. 3. There are 14 total state parks in Rhode Island. 4. The population is 1076189 5. The governor is Don Garcieri

5 issues related facts about my state that I think will be important to my voting in Mock Congress is:

1. 19% of high schoolers do not graduate in Rhode Island. This leads to problems later in life. 2. Child poverty is a HUGE problem! Children grow up in the worst conditions, and later in life this leads to trouble in school, bad behavior, ect. 3. There is alot of litter in Rhode Island too. Especially in parks. 4. Most of Rhode Island has alot of trouble paying for taxes as well. They are the 5th worst tax paying state in the country! 5. Rhode Island also uses up way to much water. Most of them take 15-30 long minute showers. For just a family of 4, they use up to 1000 gallons of water per week. This of course raises the water and electric bills.

The 3 issues that were most important to me are:

1. Economy. The economy in Rhode Island is not at its best right now. Citizens spend too much of their money, and then they end up in trouble with the government and banks because they cannot pay their bills and taxes. Solution to this issue would be to lower taxes, not spending money, and having more jobs, so people could work and make a living.

2. Education The education in Rhode Island is not that great at all. What happens is that not all of the high schoolers graduate in Rhode Island. They do not go to college, and therefor cannot be successful in life. 19% of teenagers do not graduate in Rhode Island. A solution to this problem would be teachers preparing the students alot better for standardized testing.

3. Immigration Immigration is a problem because when Immigrants come into America, it increases crime in many areas, because that is what many foreigners are used to. We can improve this as a nation by not allowing immigrants to cross over and live here.

Information about the bill that I am writing for congress HB85:

1. We ( Meaning DCalder, CGill, and MMost) want to help the enivronment all over the United Statates of America! We want to have a Cleaner Country!

2. We want to accomplish in our bill a Cleaner environment for the country.First, we would like to place several trash cans in community parks, because there are not enough right now, and when there are not enough, people go with throwing their trash on the ground! This will help keep our parks alot cleaner, and make our parks healthier for the people who go there. Lastly, in our bill, we believe that every town should have cleaning crews that clean up the trash in communities along roads, parks, streets, shopping centers, etc. This will occur about 2 times a month.

3. This bill will occur to all people in the U.S.A. This bill will not cost much at all. Trash cans are 7$. We will have trucks that will deliver the recycling bins to the homes, and the drivers will be getting .19 cents per mile. We will rent the trucks.

4. Here is how our bill will work: (Step by step)

1.Buy the trash cans 2. Rent the trucks to deliver trash cans 3. After the trash cans are in the parks, we will e-mail the mayors and have them establish the cleaning volunteer groups.

The Link to my groups wiki page is at the top of this page!

Here are the 10 most important sources I've used to devolope my position on issues and support my bill presented in MLA format:

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7.) "http://www.saveourenvironment.org/." //SAve our Environment.org//. N.p., n.d. Web. .

8.) "http://charityguide.org/volunteer/environmental-protection.htm." //Environment Protection Oppurtunities!//. Copyright © 2005-07 Charity Guide, Copyright © 2005-07 Charity Guide . Web. © 2005-07 . .

9.)"http://www.theorator.com/bills108/issues/environment.html." //News And Information//. ©1996-2010 Hearst Seattle Media, LLC, ©1996-2010 Hearst Seattle Media, LLC. Web. ©1996-2010 . .

10.) "http://www.house.gov/." //United States House of Represenatives//. Washington, DC 20515 |, Washington, DC 20515 |. Web. .