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“Transparency is the foundation of democracy and government accountability.”

- MICHAEL N

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

“So we're just going to shrink protected lands every time someone builds a house outside of it? No. That's their fault. We shouldn't be developing in the immediate surroundings of protected public lands in the first place”

- MICHAEL N

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In Response to: Removing 832 Acres From a Wilderness Area in Oregon to Prevent Wildfire From Reaching an Adjacent Community

“We've done this before. We've tried a model where regional councils had more control and flexibility and it did not work. We continued to overfish and councils were reluctant to properly regulate their region. New England and the mid Atlantic have been perfect examples of why we cannot trust fisher…”

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In Response to: Reforming a 10-Year Timeline to Rebuild Depleted Fisheries & Giving Regional Fisheries Councils More Flexibility

“Peep at all these idiots that don't know the difference between hemp and THC rich marijuana”

- MICHAEL N

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In Response to: Should Hemp Farming be Legal?

“This is already prohibited. This law is nothing more than an attempt to rile anti union sentiment. Unions created the American middle class, this government needs to stop attacking them.”

- MICHAEL N

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In Response to: Should Union Members be Prohibited From Committing Acts of Violence or Sabotage in Pursuit of Union Goals?

“My city (Asheville) just found out that our groundwater is contaminated with RADIOACTIVE waste from toxic coal ash at the local coal plant. When will this end? When will this country actually start investing in the health and welfare of its people and environment? No more coal!”

- MICHAEL N

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In Response to: Do Power Plants That Burn Coal Waste Need Leeway on Emissions Standards?

“Funny how Republicans won't shut up about states rights when it's convenient, but here Sessions completely betrayed this so called principle. You can't overdose on pot. You can't die from it. If states want to treat it like alcohol, they should.”

- MICHAEL N

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In Response to: Should the Feds Not Interfere if People & Businesses Comply With State Marijuana Law?

“It's funny people don't realize your taxes may go slightly down but without deductions you'll be paying more. Take students for example, we're gonna have to pay taxes on scholarships and tuition waivers. How do you pay taxes on that? It's not real money, we never get that money it's a discount on wh…”

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In Response to: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Cutting Taxes for Individuals and Businesses

“Not the way it's proposed. That is nothing more than gerrymandering”

- MICHAEL N

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In Response to: Should the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals be Split in Two?

“It would be the greatest hypocrisy for us to bomb nations like Syria in the name of humanitarianism but keep them from fleeing the very violence we attacked Assad for.”

- MICHAEL N

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In Response to: Should Congress Wipe Out Trump’s Travel Ban?

“To those advocating state rights here, the issue is that most states won't do anything. I live between five superfund sites in North Carolina and if the federal government wasn't cleaning them up, NC would do absolutely nothing to fix it. Red States refuse to take responsibility here.”

- MICHAEL N

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In Response to: Does the Environmental Protection Agency Need to be Eliminated After 2018?

“The streams here going into the Swannanoa River are still contaminated after what happened with Chemtronics. I'm going to school right by a super fund site and the fact that pollution of waterways still occurs is despicable. Very disappointed in Sen Burr's vote allowing pollution.”

- MICHAEL N

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In Response to: Should the EPA’s “Stream Protection Rule” be Repealed?

“The purpose of a university is to educate individuals. The individuals going to college are not criminals, they are students hoping for a better future. People wait 30 years to get through the immigration process and enter the US just to be treated like garbage. Until we fix that, there should be no…”

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In Response to: Sanctuary Campuses: Should Colleges That Don’t Comply With Immigration Law Be Denied Federal Funding?