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“In my mind, it simply comes down to the preamble to our Constitution: We the people....no buts, and or ifs!”

- JOSEPH B

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In Response to: Should the Constitution Include the Right to Vote?

“I am an Ecologist ( retired ) who as witnessed the incipient changes brought on by greenhouse gas increases. The "feedback" mechanisms now being documented will enhance global warming faster than was first calculated. I have read and concur with the latest IGCC report. Action by governments is now a…”

- JOSEPH B

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In Response to: Climate Change Policy Remedies: Which Do You Favor?

“Curtailing carbon emissions is a must, first step, but enhancing the natural carbon cycle is a corollary: "pumping" carbon back into the soil; carbon sequestration. ”

- JOSEPH B

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In Response to: Climate Change Policy Remedies: Which Do You Favor?

“Given the "hang time" of the chief green house gasses, there is no going back anytime soon. As an Ecologist, I can tell you that the aberrant ecological changes that are now occurring will also not revert to the old normal, at best, any time soon.”

- JOSEPH B

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In Response to: UN: World Approaching Climate Change ‘Tipping Point’: Should U.S. Take Stronger Action?

“The proposal to indefinitely detain families trying to escape one nightmare is barbaric, inhuman and not what this country is about.”

- JOSEPH B

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In Response to: Tell Your Reps: Do You Support Trump’s Plan to Indefinitely Detain Unauthorized Immigrant Families?

“The public has a right to know.”

- JOSEPH B

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In Response to: Should Reports Sent to Congress be Publicly Available in a Searchable Database?

“If there is evidence of "high crimes and misdemeanors " involved, the public and congress need to know.”

- JOSEPH B

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In Response to: Releasing Evidence Against the Recipient of a Presidential Pardon in Investigations Involving the President or His Family

“As an Ecologist, I recognize that forests in general and western USA forests in particular are undergoing a slow ecological transformation, one that may no longer be adaptable to timber production. That is not to say that this trend should be taken as license to "rape and pillage" available resource…”

- JOSEPH B

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In Response to: Should Federal Forests be Actively Managed to Prevent Wildfires and Disease?

“From an environmental impact standpoint, delaying this mandate in the face of unregulated CO2 increases in a non-starter.”

- JOSEPH B

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In Response to: Giving States More Time to Meet the EPA’s New Ozone Standards

“Regulations that I personally have been involved in are generally outside the expertise of most elected officials. Communications during the process was provided to staffers, thus providing due process before publication for public review and comment, which are also available to Congress. This wheel…”

- JOSEPH B

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In Response to: Does a Commission Need to Review High-Cost Regulations and Recommend Their Repeal?

“Parliamentary procedure needs to be followed, however, the potential for partisan divide over such a serious matter in this case requires an independent, outside investigation.”

- JOSEPH B

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In Response to: Does the House Need to Investigate Trump’s Potential Conflicts of Interest and Russian Connections?

“Proposed regulations, as I understand are available for public review and comment before final promulgation. It is the public after all that is affected by both the law and the mechanism to put the law to work, thus closing the circle. Unfortunately it is a civic duty rarely undertaken, but neverthe…”

- JOSEPH B

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In Response to: Should Congress Have Greater Oversight of the Regulatory Review Process Through OIRA?