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“Its called risk mitigation - CYA - the problem here is what if they refuse to go through the training? What's the punitive action associated with failure to complete the training??? You are talking about elected officials...maybe if the training were required before the oath of office is provided bu…”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Should Members and Employees of the House of Representatives Have to Undergo Anti-Harassment & Anti-Discrimination Training?

“One year is enough - period. Stop being lazy and evaluate performance at 90, 180 and 360 days accordingly and you don't have issues evaluating federal employees within a year. Enforce the one year policy.”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Should Probationary Periods for Certain Federal Employees be Two Years Instead of One?

“Brownfield cleanup is not just cleaning up a dirty site left by greedy corporations. Sometimes its just a site that needs an environmental assessment because the records at City Hall are inconclusive as to what may be in the ground at the proposed site. The grant would allow the assessment and clean…”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Reauthorizing the EPA’s Brownfields Program to Provide Grants for Cleaning Up and Redeveloping Contaminated Industrial Sites

“Concealed Carry Permit Laws should be universally accepted no matter the state. Law abiding citizens never intend to break the law as it pertains to this privilege yet from state to state certain regulations and laws change just enough to discourage concealment altogether. These waters should not be…”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Letting People With Concealed Carry Permits Carry Their Gun In Other States & Improving Background Checks

“Too damn arbitrary and way too restrictive - WE NEED A REAL BUDGET WITH REAL SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS. The problem is we don't have the sources to match the uses and we borrow to pay for what we need...If the average American does this they go bankrupt in just a matter of time - is this what we REA…”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Should Funding be Renewed Automatically to Prevent Gov’t Shutdowns and Slightly Reduced if Congress Doesn’t Act?

“This is more government in your business. The government sponsors many things but the sponsored entities are not subject to FOIA to the extent that they are not public bodies themselves. FOIA should be required for only public entities and not government sponsored entities. This sets a precedence..…”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Should the Freedom of Information Act Apply to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?

“No Presidential Selection other than Supreme Court should have a life longer than the office of the President that selected him or her for the position. Furthermore, there are too many deviations in processes that really make me question the intent of this position that's being considered and now vo…”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Should the Register of Copyrights be Nominated by the President?

“The Central Bank has audits - just not from Congress. Its not required. The findings of the audits should be available for Congressional review in the proper Committees with certain information redacted if it is to be shown to the greater Congressional body.”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Audit the Fed: Does Congress Need a Review of the Federal Reserve's Operations?

“This actually forces the EPA to do more than just throw rocks and hide its hand. Good science is good science. Show the research and findings in a manner universally accepted in the science community for public consumption.”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Do EPA Regulations and Assessments Need to be Based Only on Science That’s Publicly Available?

“Its a good policy but this should be policy for other advisory boards as well. This looks like targeting. Nonetheless the policy is sound if used for reasonable intent.”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Should the EPA Science Advisory Board be Reformed?

“DO NOT DELAY THIS ANY LONGER! People need to have full disclosure when purchasing food and beverages.”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Should the FDA's Nutrition Disclosure Requirements be Delayed?

“Remove the language of material assistance and the bill is solid.”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Should Americans Who Join Terror Groups Have Their Citizenship Revoked?

“Take away the income cap - introduce a federal sales tax, reduce the federal income tax, institute a tax on tax law that states where a state or local authority levies a tax there shall be a corresponding federal tax not to exceed x percentage of the levied tax. This would help us get more money in …”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Should the Life of Social Security be Extended and Benefits Expanded by Raising Taxes?

“Its history people - let's not forget that what we turn our back on we are doomed to repeat...Paint and remember what to do and what NOT TO DO!”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Preventing Tax Dollars From Being Spent on Paintings of Federal Officials and Employees

“We must be careful here...Once again who is making the money and who else can make money in this endeavor and are the initial costs significant barriers to entry?”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Does the U.S. Need to Improve its Weather Forecasting Systems?

“This is a slippery slope - More money needs to be put into VA facilities and the like. Pushing this money to private sources means a bidding process and more times than not this process is a hindrance to HUBs (Historically Underutilized Businesses). The flow of funds will once again stay with the we…”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Should a Program Letting Veterans Get VA-Funded Care at Private Facilities be Extended?

“As a country we cannot afford to do this. We are cutting taxes and reducing federal income so we will not have the cash to afford this increase. I do think the federal minimum wage should be higher but the reality is that we are not implementing strategies that would suggest that we can incur such a…”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Should the Federal Minimum Wage Exceed $13 an Hour?

“Take the current President out the equation - this is something that a President needs to have in the toolbox at all times. They need to be able to make fast decisions then tell us later - We have to trust who we have in office to do the right thing no matter what - That means who we have now as wel…”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Does the President Need to be Blocked From Launching a Nuclear First Strike Unless Congress Declares War?

“They should get paid a reduced amount but not have their whole paycheck withheld. The budget is the elephant in the room at all times...The average citizen talks a good game until a decision has to be made that could affect their own pockets...The budget is a tough rascal to deal with so agreeing to…”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: No Budget, No Pay: Holding Congressional Paychecks When They Can't Agree on a Budget

“You don't cut federal assistance due to non-compliance - you cut assistance where you have fraud, waste and abuse of federal dollars. Non-compliance should be handled by fines and jail time for municipal officials that do not comply.”

- ELMER C

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In Response to: Do Sanctuary Cities That Don't Cooperate With Immigration Officials Need to Lose Federal Funding?