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“At the very least communities should have access to startup money to help their programs get started. Further funding can be determined based on results ”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Should State and Local Governments Show Their Social Programs Get Results Before Getting Grants?

“When a person has been convicted of a violent crime, they should lose legal access to dangerous tools that will allow them to further spread their hate.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Do People Convicted of Hate Crimes Need to be Banned from Buying Guns?

“Sexual assault can be very traumatic for years after an attack. People often feel ashamed or afraid and should have adequate time to come forward when they are ready.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Incentivizing States to Eliminate Statutes of Limitation When Prosecuting Sexual Assaults

“Transparency is a cornerstone of democracy. We should be allowed to know who our leaders and CEOs are contributing to.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Does the IRS Need to Stop Collecting Information on Donors to Tax-Exempt Groups?

“Mandatory minimums are racist legislature designed to keep the prison industrial complex thriving with a low wage labor pool making products for the police and military industrial complex.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Reducing the Minimum Time That Non-Violent Drug Offenders Have to Serve in Federal Prisons

“This feels like it would discourage reporting and protect attackers.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Reforming Campus Sexual Assault Investigations

“We are running out of time every day. There is no planet b. We have to be acting now.”

- JAMES H

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

“Overseas bases and overseas contingency operations are code words for "maintaining the empire." If we reduced military spending by 85% we would still have the largest defense budget in the world. ”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: The $619 Billion Plan For Defense Spending in FY2017

“I say regulate! How high and in what locations drones fly are important factors for safety and peoples privacy.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Should There be Fewer Regulations on Small Drones?

“Money is not speech. Corporations are not people.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Keeping Super PACs and Candidates From Getting Too Chummy

“Love is love. Gender has very little to do with it. Conservatives want to shrink government until it's just small enough to fit in your bedroom.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Should Congress Repeal The Defense of Marriage Act?

“The effect on a business providing this time and space would be negligible compared to the health benefit to the child and the economic stimulus of the working mother in the office.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Should it be Easier for Women to Pump Breastmilk at the Office?

“Multiple topic bills often put legislators at odds with their conscience and with their constituents. Each bill should cover one item only and all the text should be related to the item at hand. No riders, paperclips, or earmarks.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Should Each Bill in Congress Only Address One Subject?

“Business travel is business travel. As it is, legislators get approximately 170 paid days off per year anyway. They don't need to fly first class the few days they work for the people.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Eliminating First-Class Travel for Members of Congress

“Our agencies should be in full cooperation with each other at all times. They are all on the same team after all.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Sharing Terror Threat Info Between DHS, the Intelligence Community, and Local Agencies

“A particular promise of the Miranda rights and the bill of rights ensures that everyone have the opportunity to a fair trial and if necessary to provide competent counsel. This bill can bring us closer to providing the promises of our constitution.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Should the Government Put More Resources Behind Public Defenders?

“I am in favor of carriers turning over location information to responding emergency personnel.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Giving Law Enforcement Your Cell Phone Location Data if You're in Serious Danger

“This is a loaded question. Paid sick leave needs to be established though we don't necessarily need to raise taxes to accommodate it so much as we need to reallocate taxes.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Do the Feds Need to Raise Taxes to Fund a Paid Sick Leave Program?

“If we have an opportunity to help someone manage an issue we should help. ”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: The Revised Plan to Fix Puerto Rico’s $72 Billion Debt Crisis

“There is no war on Christianity in America. You think you're persecuted here? Try being a Christian in most of Asia. Church property and private property can make any display they like. Government should not make displays geared towards any one religion.”

- JAMES H

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In Response to: Does Congress Need to Speak up Against the "War on Christmas"?