MGriff

Hello I am Representative M. Griff, welcome to my page! I am a representative from Ohio and of the Republican Party.


 * I am most like Representative M. Kaptur. Here is a link to her website**. []

Facts about Ohio: 1. Cleveland had the first traffic light. 2. "Hang on Sloopy" is the official state rock song. 3. Akron is the rubber capital of the world. 4. Ohio had the first hot dog. 5. Ohio ranks number 34 in states' size from largest to smallest.

Facts about issues in Ohio: 1. 86% of Ohio's energy is produced from coal. 2. Using natural resources can help Ohio's environment. 3. The first American to orbit Earth was from Ohio. 4. NASA Glenn Research Center has a good economic impact on Ohio. 5. This center employs thousands of people.

Important issues to me:

__Environment:__ We have to protect our environment. All of the pollution in the air is coming partly from the burning of oil and coal, so we must try to reduce our dependence on these things. One way to reduce our dependence on these things is to use more of the renewable resources. Using solar power, wind energy, hydro power, geothermal power, and biomass energy will be more environmentally friendly. These resources are also for the most part free to us. All we have to do in order to get them is build the right factories and machines.

__ Education: __ The problems in Ohio education are mainly in the bigger cities. Public schools don't provide the best learning experience and environment for kids in Ohio. To provide better tools to learn, Ohio must give more attention to public education. The schools in cities have to be safer and have better teaching staff. There also has to be a positive learning environment. Another thing is that high schools should start their school day later to give teenagers a chance to sleep longer because research shows that teens need the most sleep. __

Social Programs: __ I think that the U.S. should continue to explore space in order to gather more information and knowledge. Space is a topic that interests many adults and kids. There could be more unique learning opportunities for students all across the nation and the world. Also, NASA could create more U.S. jobs and improve our economy. The space program should be continued and even given more funding to continue to have the U.S. in space and still researching our solar system.

I am sponsoring HB33 (__**Solar Energy Reform)**__. In this bill, we try to help solve the problem of pollution in the environment. We do this by making any city with more than 70% of their days in a year sunny use solar power. Any city that does this or fits in the description will get tax cuts if more than 5% of the energy their city produces and/ or uses is from solar power. They will also receive an Energy Efficiency Award. This bill will help to get people to use more renewable resources and less nonrenewable resources. People should support this bill because it helps to make cleaner energy. Also, overtime it will decrease our dependency on foreign countries for oil and gas. I wanted to do this topic because habitats of animals are being destroyed and the air is becoming polluted. I believe that if we as a country use more renewable resources then we won't produce as much pollution. __ Sources __ 1. Henderson, Harry. "International Solar Energy Society." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 16 May 2010. [|http://www.issues.abc-clio.com]. 2. "SEGS." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 16 May 2010. [|http://www.issues.abc-clio.com]. 3. Ayres, Robert U. "The Energy We Overlook." //World Watch// 14.6(2001): 30-39; Cole, Nancy and P. J. Skerrett. //Renewables Are Ready: People Creating renewable Energy solutions.// Washington, DC: The Union of Concerned Scientists, 1995; Patel, Mukund R. //Wind and Solar Power Systems.// CRC Press, 1999.

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