"The federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.,
which insures these pensions, says that some 10 percent of
multiemployer plans — covering about 1.5 million people — are in such
financial trouble that they are likely to become insolvent. The PBGC
estimated that its fund insuring multiemployer plans will likely run out
of money in eight to 10 years unless changes are made.
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Some lawmakers
argued that these distressed plans need the ability to cut retirees’
benefits so pensions can survive longer.
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AARP
and other consumer advocates argue that these pensions aren’t in
immediate danger of insolvency so there is no need to rush this drastic
measure without considering alternatives,
such as scaling back on optional benefits in a plan or providing the
PBGC with greater funds and the authority to intervene earlier.
Advocates also worry that this move by lawmakers might someday open the
door to similar pension cuts in other plans".
source: http://blog.aarp.org/2014/12/16/those-pension-cuts-and-what-you-need-to-know/ via @aarp
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So why the cuts--its about stock dividends. When reserves can be cut, that chunk of cash goes into the company's "income" improving "performance" and dividend values.
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Monday, December 1, 2014
Corporate Welfare and Subsidized Pollution Activity....Need to Stop it--Great Salon article recapping the tragedy
7 leading candidates for corporate rip-off of the year: Pharmaceutical companies are jacking up drug prices, while Wal-Mart is paying its employees with your money & the Koch Brothers store polluting materials upwind from homes&schools source: http://www.salon.com/2014/11/28/7_leading_candidates_for_corporate_rip_off_of_the_ year_partner/ ?source=newsletter
More Evidence that Col. Paul Cook -R (CA-08) Lied to Get Votes....the Job Bills he voted for and bragged about in his campaign literature are as bogus as he is destructive of our environment
(1) Jobs Bills That Don't Create Jobs: What Republican Control Could Mean
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/30/republican-jobs-bills_n_6227190.html
(2) None Of The 40 Jobs Bills That John Boehner Claims House Republicans Passed Create Jobs
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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/09/08/40-jobs-bills-john-boehner-claims-house-republicans-passed-create-jobs.html
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(3) Economists See Limited Gains in GOP Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/us/politics/economists-see-holes-in-a-republican-wish-list.html?_r=0
(4) Boehner’s ‘Bipartisan’ Bunk
http://www.factcheck.org/2014/11/boehners-bipartisan-bunk/
Friday, November 28, 2014
Paul Cook's HR 4795 Vote is another Koch Brothers Payback....and Will Cause Layoffs
Paul Cook votes "yeah" on H.R. 4795 (the Promoting New Manufacturing Act) saying it will put Americans back to work...ah....The facts??
.The Committee on Energy and Commerce, November Democratic Staff report on H.R. 4795 says:
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"H.R. 4795 does nothing to promote new manufacturing or to improve the permitting process for new and expanding manufacturing facilities. Instead, the bill weakens air quality protections, allows more pollution, and threatens public health.
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.The Committee on Energy and Commerce, November Democratic Staff report on H.R. 4795 says:
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"H.R. 4795 does nothing to promote new manufacturing or to improve the permitting process for new and expanding manufacturing facilities. Instead, the bill weakens air quality protections, allows more pollution, and threatens public health.
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The current Clean Air Act requires major new or expanding sources of air pollution to obtain permits with pollution limits before the facilities start construction. State
and local air agencies issue the majority of these permits. Under
current law, a permit applicant must identify the pollution controls it
will install at the new or expanded facility and demonstrate that the
facility’s emissions will not violate national ambient air quality
standards (NAAQS). Under current law, when the EPA updates a NAAQS to
reflect the latest science and protect public health, the permit
applicant has to show that its emissions will not cause a violation of
the updated, more protective standard".
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"H.R. 4795 creates a loophole in this process. The bill gives new and expanded facilities “amnesty” from new science-based air quality standards"--so Bob Conaway asks, is this how the Koch Brothers will be able to profit from newer refineries and pipelines like the Keystone?--by being able to pollute more, spend less on pollution controls and create a competitive disadvantage for existing extraction, transportation and refinery systems?
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"H.R. 4795 creates a loophole in this process. The bill gives new and expanded facilities “amnesty” from new science-based air quality standards"--so Bob Conaway asks, is this how the Koch Brothers will be able to profit from newer refineries and pipelines like the Keystone?--by being able to pollute more, spend less on pollution controls and create a competitive disadvantage for existing extraction, transportation and refinery systems?
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The House Staff report continues:
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"H.R. 4795 could allow some facilities to emit extra pollution at levels that could harm public health. H.R. 4795 shifts the cost of air pollution control to existing manufacturing facilities
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"H.R. 4795 could allow some facilities to emit extra pollution at levels that could harm public health. H.R. 4795 shifts the cost of air pollution control to existing manufacturing facilities
In an area with unhealthy air, pollution is a zero-sum game. An increase in pollution in one place has to be offset by reductions elsewhere. So if new facilities are allowed to emit more, existing facilities will have to emit less to make up for that extra pollution. That
is unfair and makes it more expensive to achieve healthy air.
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Allowing new facilities to pollute more means that existing industrial facilities will have to do more to reduce their emissions at a higher cost" which Bob Conaway says " will increase overhead to existing energy producers following the law--how is that fair and how will that create jobs? If anything it may force layoffs for existing firms to stay competitive --right Mr. Cook?"
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When will Paul Cook and his fellow Koch Congress cadets stop paying back the Koch Brothers? How far down the rabbit hole do we get thrown?
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Paul Cook votes to Gag Independent Expert Review of Environmental Policy Decisions
Paul Cook on November 18, 2014 voted "yes" on HR 1422
[called the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2013]. It passed
229-191 (the usual Boehner led majority).
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In what might be the most ridiculous aspect of H.R. 1422 is that the bill forbids scientific experts from participating in “advisory activities” that either directly or indirectly involve their own work. In case that wasn’t clear: experts would be forbidden from sharing their expertise in their own research — the bizarre assumption, apparently, being that having conducted peer-reviewed studies on a topic would constitute a conflict of interest. “In other words,” wrote Union of Concerned Scientists director Andrew A. Rosenberg in an editorial for RollCall, “academic scientists who know the most about a subject can’t weigh in, but experts paid by corporations who want to block regulations can.”HR 1422 would shake up the EPA’s Scientific Advisory Board, placing restrictions on scientists sharing their expertise in their own research--kinda defeating the purpose of being an expert on the panel!
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What the legislation would do is allow.... experts with overt financial ties to the industries affected by EPA regulations to dominate the EPA Scientific Board.
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The White House, which threatened to veto the bill, said it would “negatively affect the appointment of experts and would weaken the scientific independence and integrity of the SAB [the EPA Scientific Advisory Board].”
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Bob Conaway, a local community activist "condemns Paul Cook's ongoing attack on environmental oversight and review for his corporate buds. Isn't it enough the Koch Brothers can spend unlimited funds on campaigns and lobbying and gag the environmental independence of our best and brightest? Paul Cook just voted to give the keys to the henhouse to the Koches."
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In what might be the most ridiculous aspect of H.R. 1422 is that the bill forbids scientific experts from participating in “advisory activities” that either directly or indirectly involve their own work. In case that wasn’t clear: experts would be forbidden from sharing their expertise in their own research — the bizarre assumption, apparently, being that having conducted peer-reviewed studies on a topic would constitute a conflict of interest. “In other words,” wrote Union of Concerned Scientists director Andrew A. Rosenberg in an editorial for RollCall, “academic scientists who know the most about a subject can’t weigh in, but experts paid by corporations who want to block regulations can.”HR 1422 would shake up the EPA’s Scientific Advisory Board, placing restrictions on scientists sharing their expertise in their own research--kinda defeating the purpose of being an expert on the panel!
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What the legislation would do is allow.... experts with overt financial ties to the industries affected by EPA regulations to dominate the EPA Scientific Board.
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The White House, which threatened to veto the bill, said it would “negatively affect the appointment of experts and would weaken the scientific independence and integrity of the SAB [the EPA Scientific Advisory Board].”
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Bob Conaway, a local community activist "condemns Paul Cook's ongoing attack on environmental oversight and review for his corporate buds. Isn't it enough the Koch Brothers can spend unlimited funds on campaigns and lobbying and gag the environmental independence of our best and brightest? Paul Cook just voted to give the keys to the henhouse to the Koches."
Friday, November 21, 2014
Congressman Paul Cook Lies to Get Environmental Groups' Support Before the Election....and approves of a scheme to steal more desert water after the election
Congressman Paul Cook, before the November 4, 2014 election stated he opposed the Cadiz Water Project--when in fact Cook wrote a letter in September to
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, recommending against any further
environmental review of the project. The September 2014 letter (before the election) was not
released publicly until November 6 (after the election) when Cadiz, Inc. did so in
conjunction with its strategy to promote the project and stave off
further legal & political challenges to the water theft's lying backers --e.g. Paul Cook -- all first reported in the San Bernardino Sentinel - http://sbsentinel.com/wp-
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The Cadiz Water Project (also known as the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery, and Storage Project) is a proposal by proponent Los Angeles-based Cadiz, Inc. to extract an average of 50,000 acre-feet of water from the East Mojave Desert annually and convey it via pipeline to Orange and Los Angeles counties for use there.
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In a letter dated June 12, 2013 to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Cook stated, “I am writing to request a reevaluation of the impact the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery, and Storage Project will have on my constituents in the 8th District of California. The Cadiz Project, as it currently stands, is likely to impact San Bernardino County’s water resources, harming ranchers, rural communities, East Mojave landowners, and the National Chloride Company of America’s brine mining operation on Bristol Dry Lake. Moreover, the aggressive project pumping could harm the springs of the Mojave National Preserve and regional air quality, while exporting precious water resources out of San Bernardino County to ratepayers in Los Angeles and Orange counties.”
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Cook’s June 12, 2013 letter continued, “In order to ensure this project won’t adversely affect my district (the Californian 8th Congressional District), I respectfully request the Cadiz Project be subject to a National Environmental Policy Act review. I request that the United States Geologic Survey conduct an updated analysis of the hydrologic features of the project area and that any new or revised Cadiz Project proposals adhere to the principle of sustainable yield, meaning no more water would be pumped out of the aquifer than would be replaced through natural recharge as determined by the United States Geologic Survey. This is intended to protect sustainable water supplies for East Mojave communities and businesses.” Cook further wrote, “Currently, no federal environmental reviews or approvals have been conducted, despite numerous requests from the Bureau of Land Management that Cadiz Inc. supply them with specific project information relating to the construction of a 43-mile water pipeline along the Arizona and California Railroad right-of-way.” Cook noted, “Professional independent reviews have called into question the 32,500 acre-feet per year recharge rate Cadiz Inc. claims will naturally occur. These independent scientists concluded that the actual recharge rate is between 2,000 and 10,000 acre feet per year. There are serious doubts about the validity of the previous environmental studies, specifically the draft environmental impact statement“ for the project. Cook concluded, “This project must be examined thoroughly before it moves forward.”
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Two months ago, 15 months after writing that letter, Paul Cook abruptly shifted course.
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“Shortly after taking office last year, I wrote to you about the proposed Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project (“project”), which would be located in California’s Eastern Mojave Desert,” Cook wrote Jewell in a letter dated September 16, 2014. “The project will provide an additional 50,000 acre feet of water per year to the state’s dwindling water supply. It is important to me that my constituents and the land itself are protected from significant environmental harm. For that reason, I asked in my previous letter that a federal environmental review be undertaken for the project. Further developments have changed the dynamics surrounding the project, calling into question the need for federal environmental review and signaling a need to allow the project to move forward.
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Cook’s letter was written on September 16 while he was engaged in an election campaign against Democratic challenger.
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Cook betrayed the voters he represents by seeking to shut down further environmental review of the project by a letter NOT released until AFTER the election, AFTER he received environmental groups' support and help based on his June 2013 position letter.
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Bob Conaway says "the sucking sound you will hear will be our wells being dried up and Paul Cook getting friendlier with Orange and Los Angeles County developers and governmental planners seeking to steal water wherever they can, like they did with Inyo County almost a quarter of a century ago".
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The Cadiz Water Project (also known as the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery, and Storage Project) is a proposal by proponent Los Angeles-based Cadiz, Inc. to extract an average of 50,000 acre-feet of water from the East Mojave Desert annually and convey it via pipeline to Orange and Los Angeles counties for use there.
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In a letter dated June 12, 2013 to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Cook stated, “I am writing to request a reevaluation of the impact the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery, and Storage Project will have on my constituents in the 8th District of California. The Cadiz Project, as it currently stands, is likely to impact San Bernardino County’s water resources, harming ranchers, rural communities, East Mojave landowners, and the National Chloride Company of America’s brine mining operation on Bristol Dry Lake. Moreover, the aggressive project pumping could harm the springs of the Mojave National Preserve and regional air quality, while exporting precious water resources out of San Bernardino County to ratepayers in Los Angeles and Orange counties.”
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Cook’s June 12, 2013 letter continued, “In order to ensure this project won’t adversely affect my district (the Californian 8th Congressional District), I respectfully request the Cadiz Project be subject to a National Environmental Policy Act review. I request that the United States Geologic Survey conduct an updated analysis of the hydrologic features of the project area and that any new or revised Cadiz Project proposals adhere to the principle of sustainable yield, meaning no more water would be pumped out of the aquifer than would be replaced through natural recharge as determined by the United States Geologic Survey. This is intended to protect sustainable water supplies for East Mojave communities and businesses.” Cook further wrote, “Currently, no federal environmental reviews or approvals have been conducted, despite numerous requests from the Bureau of Land Management that Cadiz Inc. supply them with specific project information relating to the construction of a 43-mile water pipeline along the Arizona and California Railroad right-of-way.” Cook noted, “Professional independent reviews have called into question the 32,500 acre-feet per year recharge rate Cadiz Inc. claims will naturally occur. These independent scientists concluded that the actual recharge rate is between 2,000 and 10,000 acre feet per year. There are serious doubts about the validity of the previous environmental studies, specifically the draft environmental impact statement“ for the project. Cook concluded, “This project must be examined thoroughly before it moves forward.”
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Two months ago, 15 months after writing that letter, Paul Cook abruptly shifted course.
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“Shortly after taking office last year, I wrote to you about the proposed Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project (“project”), which would be located in California’s Eastern Mojave Desert,” Cook wrote Jewell in a letter dated September 16, 2014. “The project will provide an additional 50,000 acre feet of water per year to the state’s dwindling water supply. It is important to me that my constituents and the land itself are protected from significant environmental harm. For that reason, I asked in my previous letter that a federal environmental review be undertaken for the project. Further developments have changed the dynamics surrounding the project, calling into question the need for federal environmental review and signaling a need to allow the project to move forward.
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Cook’s letter was written on September 16 while he was engaged in an election campaign against Democratic challenger.
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Cook betrayed the voters he represents by seeking to shut down further environmental review of the project by a letter NOT released until AFTER the election, AFTER he received environmental groups' support and help based on his June 2013 position letter.
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Bob Conaway says "the sucking sound you will hear will be our wells being dried up and Paul Cook getting friendlier with Orange and Los Angeles County developers and governmental planners seeking to steal water wherever they can, like they did with Inyo County almost a quarter of a century ago".
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Cook's Statements on the Keystone Pipeline Show he Needs to Resign
Congressman Paul Cook shows what he is--a pitchman for the Koch Brothers and foreign oil interests. In one of his latest newsletters he says:
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“Building the Keystone XL Pipeline is not just good environmental and fiscal policy, it’s good national security policy. The more energy America buys from close allies like Canada, the less dependent the country is on sources of foreign oil from unfriendly places like the Middle East, Venezuela, and Russia. “I am urging the Senate to do the right thing and pass this bill. If the Senate passes the bill it will head to the President’s desk. President Obama can create tens of thousands of American jobs and strengthen our energy security with the stroke of the pen.”
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In reading this, I can't help but think he doesn't read and or does not care about facts if he reads them.
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First, we have an oil field (Bakken--en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakken_formation ) in North Dakota BIGGER than the entire Gulf of Mexico's reserves--the last time I looked, North Dakota is a "friendly place" and not a threat to our national security--we are developing it with American labor. We do not need to buy tar sand oil from "allies", which is what approving Keystone will do.
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Second, good environmental policy, if oil has to be extracted and shipped, is to SHORTEN the distance of shipping, not lengthen it AND to have U.S. regulations that are proven in the lower 48 to be safer.
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Third, it will (Keystone) if built will cost American jobs. It will bypass our production efforts in the upper Midwest .
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Finally, Paul Cook needs a government lesson--he won re-election to House of Koch, not the US Senate which has consistently and correctly rejected the House of Koch's legislative agenda.
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I ran against Cook because I believed he had sold out and was a threat to out national safety. Cook is still a threat to our Republic.
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Time for Col. Cook to resign.
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“Building the Keystone XL Pipeline is not just good environmental and fiscal policy, it’s good national security policy. The more energy America buys from close allies like Canada, the less dependent the country is on sources of foreign oil from unfriendly places like the Middle East, Venezuela, and Russia. “I am urging the Senate to do the right thing and pass this bill. If the Senate passes the bill it will head to the President’s desk. President Obama can create tens of thousands of American jobs and strengthen our energy security with the stroke of the pen.”
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In reading this, I can't help but think he doesn't read and or does not care about facts if he reads them.
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First, we have an oil field (Bakken--en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakken_formation ) in North Dakota BIGGER than the entire Gulf of Mexico's reserves--the last time I looked, North Dakota is a "friendly place" and not a threat to our national security--we are developing it with American labor. We do not need to buy tar sand oil from "allies", which is what approving Keystone will do.
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Second, good environmental policy, if oil has to be extracted and shipped, is to SHORTEN the distance of shipping, not lengthen it AND to have U.S. regulations that are proven in the lower 48 to be safer.
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Third, it will (Keystone) if built will cost American jobs. It will bypass our production efforts in the upper Midwest .
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Finally, Paul Cook needs a government lesson--he won re-election to House of Koch, not the US Senate which has consistently and correctly rejected the House of Koch's legislative agenda.
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I ran against Cook because I believed he had sold out and was a threat to out national safety. Cook is still a threat to our Republic.
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Time for Col. Cook to resign.
Bob Conaway
Another Concerned & Informed Citizen the Koch Brothers Hate
22269 Miramot Road, Apple Valley CA 92308
Monday, November 3, 2014
Fox picked up one of my cases....showed a major hole in privacy rights laws
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/11/03/california-man-falsely-accused-running-red-light-forced-to-pay-legal-fees-to/
Saturday, November 1, 2014
BOB CONAWAY SUPPORTS THE RECOMMENDATIONS of the DISABLED VETERANS OF AMERICA that FEMALE SOLDIERS, SAILORS & MARINES RECEIVE the CARE & SERVICES THEY NEED
DAV has issued a new report on women veterans in transition from military service: Women Veterans: the Long Journey Home. The report recommendations were gathered from across the federal
government about programs designed for transitioning veterans, with the
focus on whether they are meeting the needs of the ever-growing number
of women counted among our armed services members. Women are now serve
in significant numbers in the U.S. military, making up 20% of new
recruits, 14.5% of the personnel serving on active duty and 18% of the
National Guard and reserve forces. About 2.4 million women are
veterans.
The DAV found that VA, DoD and other agencies are falling short in their responsibilities to ensure that being a woman coming out of the military does not serve as a bar to the services and benefits she needs to obtain a successful transition to civilian life. All veterans earned these services and deserve to receive them, without barriers or delays.
DAV makes 27 key recommendations for changes in policies and programs in VA, DoD, DOL, HUD and other agencies that, if implemented, would begin to bring equality of service provided to women veterans in transition. Click here to access a complete list of DAV's issue briefs. These issues will comprise a major policy and legislative agenda of any Congressional body I am a member of.
Some of the key problems:
Bob Conaway urges Paul Cook to FULLY support the DAV agenda. I will take up the fight for our returning soldiers, sailors & marines without regard to their gender.
The DAV found that VA, DoD and other agencies are falling short in their responsibilities to ensure that being a woman coming out of the military does not serve as a bar to the services and benefits she needs to obtain a successful transition to civilian life. All veterans earned these services and deserve to receive them, without barriers or delays.
DAV makes 27 key recommendations for changes in policies and programs in VA, DoD, DOL, HUD and other agencies that, if implemented, would begin to bring equality of service provided to women veterans in transition. Click here to access a complete list of DAV's issue briefs. These issues will comprise a major policy and legislative agenda of any Congressional body I am a member of.
Some of the key problems:
VA and DoD are still not fully prepared to provide equitable access
to the gender-specific care and services that women need, even as the
demand for such care increases.
One in five women enrolled in VA health care screen positive for MST,
but 31% of VA medical centers and CBOCs can’t provide adequate
services.
VA and DoD have difficulty providing gender-specific peer support,
group therapy, and specialized inpatient mental health care designed to
meet the needs and preferences of women.
Women who have lost one or more limbs may not receive support and
care tailored to their needs. And women are less likely to have a
prosthetic that fits properly.
Post-9/11 women veterans have higher unemployment rates than male
veterans and non-veteran women. Challenges in the labor market are
exacerbated by medical and mental health concerns.
Women veterans are at least twice as likely to be homeless as
non-veteran women. Women veterans are also more likely to be single
parents with one or more dependents.
Bob Conaway urges Paul Cook to FULLY support the DAV agenda. I will take up the fight for our returning soldiers, sailors & marines without regard to their gender.
Bob Conaway for Congress (CA-08)
12127 Mall Blvd, Suite A-363
Victorville CA 92392
Contact No. (760) 617-8305
BobConawayforCongress.
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Thursday, October 30, 2014
DESERT RENEWABLE RESOURCE CONSERVATION PLAN & THE PUBLIC HEARINGS (for input) IS A MISDIRECTION PLAY--where was Cook??
Went to DESERT RENEWABLE RESOURCE CONSERVATION PLAN public input meeting in Victorville last night. It is a plan to conserve NOTHING, is a plan to develop wind and solar with NO PROVISION for the building of the needed power lines (so if and when the power lines and easements become needed, it becomes a hidden tax on all of us through bonds or through deficit spending that requires more tax revenue) and it has NO SPECIFICS or MEANS of IMPLEMENTATION of MITIGATION MEASURES NEEDED [if these solar and wind farms are built, and adverse environmental impacts need to be dealt with or mitigated, there is no objective evaluation and enforcement process--which by the way I made a public comment on]. I could go on (talk about water shortage issues, PM-2.5 and PM-10 dust problems causing respiratory damage, air borne mold caused Valley Fever to name a few) but the comments and testimony at the hearing were powerful reasons of why the state needs to FIRST work on conservation plans--ya know things like requiring lower wattage lighting, appliances to name a few, turning down A/C 2 degrees, etc. The slick and well funded program is a Mississippi two step--with counties like ours that have a pro developer mind set and expedited approval processes with little to no due process for citizen groups, the pre-done EIR (Environmental Impact Report with pre-set concerns and fixes--which seems to violate due process, CEQA and the State Public Resources code) will fast track the dumping of these techno dinos into the communities with the smallest voice to oppose these projects without regard to health, safety and resources issues confronted in the unique areas in our Desert--which I made a public comment on. I need to figure out why the US Department of Fish and Game and BLM aren't disclosing what if any federal issues are in play. I will spearhead that inquiry if elected--by the way, Congressman Cook was not present nor anyone from his office.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Bob Conaway on the road again (no not with Willie Nelson)....
Campaigned in Needles (on Colorado River across from Arizona). Met volunteers getting out the campaign door-to-door, putting up signs and thanked them. Went to the Needles Eagles Lodge and met Lodge Master Anderson--good time over a beer. Met Needles Mayor Paget and was later given a chance to talk with the City Council. Water levels in the Colorado are scary low. Talked with tribal reps. Met and talked with several people regarding ongoing property boundary disputes. With the drought, the Colorado River will still be a battleground for years to come. As someone familiar with federal laws & treaties, I know I am a better choice than Paul Cook--it all reaffirms my decision to run. Met Captain of Sheriff's Department in Needles--he was very uptight when I introduced myself at Needles Council Meeting--not healthy to be so wound up. San Bernardino Fire and Search and Rescue rep Dave Marshall an ok guy and comfortable talking with even a democrat or two. Leadership is still hopeful about Needles' future. Some development seems in the works from the round-about-way things are being done on easements and road improvement plans--but that was just my sense. Had diner on a patio with friends Bob & Ruth Lopez--great steak Bob! The nights this time of year are so awesome in Needles. BTW went to various spots with Ruth Lopez (candidate for 16th State Senate District), John Coffey (candidate for the 33rd Assembly District)--good fellowship with some bright people with a desire to serve their Districts!
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
A Reminder from a Veteran Campaigner.....
It was the mid 1970's...an ambitious Jerry Lewis was taking on Rubin Ayala...Lewis (like always) outraised his opponent and looked to be the leader. The grass roots efforts of people for all walks of life and communities led to Lewis' defeat. An encouraging parallel. Thanks Bennie!
BOB CONAWAY URGES PAUL COOK TO JOIN HIM in AGREEING to TRY & IMPLEMENT in 2015 a CPI-E COLA [Cost of Living Adjustment] for Social Security beneficiaries before going his tribal buds' Halloween Fundraiser!
This past week, the Social Security
Administration announced the cost of living adjustment (COLA) for 2014,
and it’s a measly 1.7%. In fact, the last three years, COLAs have been
below 2%. As the cost of food, utilities, housing and prescription drugs
continue to rise, 1.7% is simply not enough to keep up. But there are still those in Washington who believe this is too generous!
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The people who rely most on Social Security—the elderly, disabled and veterans—spend more on health care than the general population, and those costs have been rising rapidly. That’s why Congress needs to listen to the people and implement the more generous CPI-E, which puts the cost of living formula in line with how Social Security beneficiaries actually spend their benefits.
While Paul Cook rolls into the weekend going to another tribal government sponsored fund raiser on Hallow's Eve at the Morongo Indian Casino, Bob Conaway urges Cook to spend a moment and make a commitment to implement a CPI-E based cost of living annual increase and abandon the COLA-slashing chained CPI, to help take of those veterans he claims to care about.
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The people who rely most on Social Security—the elderly, disabled and veterans—spend more on health care than the general population, and those costs have been rising rapidly. That’s why Congress needs to listen to the people and implement the more generous CPI-E, which puts the cost of living formula in line with how Social Security beneficiaries actually spend their benefits.
While Paul Cook rolls into the weekend going to another tribal government sponsored fund raiser on Hallow's Eve at the Morongo Indian Casino, Bob Conaway urges Cook to spend a moment and make a commitment to implement a CPI-E based cost of living annual increase and abandon the COLA-slashing chained CPI, to help take of those veterans he claims to care about.
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Bob Conaway for Congress (CA-08)
12127 Mall Blvd, Suite A-363
Victorville CA 92392
Contact No. (760) 617-8305
BobConawayforCongress.
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Paul Cook a No-Show Again [a Campaign Trail Update]
On Sunday, I was invited to meet, greet and say a few words at the Seal of Redemption Ministeries International in Victorville (I did not ask for votes or talk politics--but just fellowshipped with Bishop Akpabio & the attendees). I initially met with Bishop (his first name, not title) at a community forum at the Hesperia Public Library [where I met him and another Pastor (Karin Foster)]. The sense in the community is the need for trust in the messenger sent and confidence in his or her ability to report back accurately what is going on in Washington. Openness and being available to answer questions was a given. Being in support of issues important to the community and not special monied interests was a given as well. After I met with a number of people who offered to help with campaign.
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On Monday I attended a candidate forum at the Barstow Senior Citizens Center. It went well. People were disappointed in Paul Cook not showing or sending a rep. Heard some City Council reps talk at the forum. A good bunch of future (and incumbent) leaders. Barstow's future seems bright with people coming forward like the group I saw. Former Mayor Dale and Councilwoman Hernandez were present in the audience who I briefly shared with.
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Met with David Rosse of the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees, Inc in Barstow. Shared some concerns about recent rulings and/or actions preventing access to a Chaplin in the California State Veterans' Home in Barstow. Amazing stuff going on. I agreed to further talk with Mr. Rosse to see what could be done to get a Chaplin back in the Barstow Veterans Home to help with spiritual needs of residents.
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Good feedback on my campaign's contact efforts from locals that were at the meeting.
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Interesting development. Cook has a fundraiser on Halloween (out of District, of course)--why? How much money is enough (?) [and] besides, with reportedly half of the votes already in as of a week before the election, what is this latest surge of money going to go that Cook's six figure account balance could not pay for (?) unless the intent is to use this fund raiser to help retire OTHER federal campaigns' debts? Interesting how all the big gaming tribes are backing Cook again which does not make sense not only because of the unused money on hand but because the compacts are with our [California] state government, and each of the tribes are sovereign governments that don't have to deal with the feds on anything. One has to wonder what Cook has promised? Interesting to watch.
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Was asked if I have anyone helping me (surrounded at the meeting by no less than a dozen volunteers for just the Barstow area)--I grinned while saying all is going well and as planned.
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On Monday I attended a candidate forum at the Barstow Senior Citizens Center. It went well. People were disappointed in Paul Cook not showing or sending a rep. Heard some City Council reps talk at the forum. A good bunch of future (and incumbent) leaders. Barstow's future seems bright with people coming forward like the group I saw. Former Mayor Dale and Councilwoman Hernandez were present in the audience who I briefly shared with.
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Met with David Rosse of the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees, Inc in Barstow. Shared some concerns about recent rulings and/or actions preventing access to a Chaplin in the California State Veterans' Home in Barstow. Amazing stuff going on. I agreed to further talk with Mr. Rosse to see what could be done to get a Chaplin back in the Barstow Veterans Home to help with spiritual needs of residents.
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Good feedback on my campaign's contact efforts from locals that were at the meeting.
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Interesting development. Cook has a fundraiser on Halloween (out of District, of course)--why? How much money is enough (?) [and] besides, with reportedly half of the votes already in as of a week before the election, what is this latest surge of money going to go that Cook's six figure account balance could not pay for (?) unless the intent is to use this fund raiser to help retire OTHER federal campaigns' debts? Interesting how all the big gaming tribes are backing Cook again which does not make sense not only because of the unused money on hand but because the compacts are with our [California] state government, and each of the tribes are sovereign governments that don't have to deal with the feds on anything. One has to wonder what Cook has promised? Interesting to watch.
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Was asked if I have anyone helping me (surrounded at the meeting by no less than a dozen volunteers for just the Barstow area)--I grinned while saying all is going well and as planned.
Monday, October 20, 2014
My Reply [the closest thing to a debate on the issues possible with Paul Cook dodging forums]
[SINCE PAUL COOK WON'T ATTEND CANDIDATE FORUMS--THIS IS MY SUBSTITUTE FOR ISSUE BY ISSUE COMPARISONS--it replies to an article (http://sbsentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Sentinel-10-17-14.pdf) that appeared in the San Bernardino Sentinal newspaper, the link to which is above in the title]
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Mark (the publisher of the San Bernardino Sentinel):
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Its obvious that Paul Cook avoids the
issues, forums and debates at which the issues can be aired out. His
votes are terrible for our District!!
1. The 100,000 acres he "saved" for off-road vehicle use is illusory.
I was in 29 Palms this past Saturday talking with off roaders and they
know the truth--the Marines have the right to take it back all the land
by simply saying they need it for training. It was an illusory "save" of
the resource-- a face-saving smoke and mirror rear action;
3. The land
exchange is interesting, but the people, tribes and or agencies whose
land the federal government would be taking haven't been asked if they
are ok with it. Is this another government taking without compensation in the wind?
4. Taking
credit for reducing the deficit is funny--the sequestration did that
which had nothing to do with the current Congress; sorry Paul, don't claim credit where you did not do anything except collect your salary and send out misleading newsletters and flyers;
5. Cook's votes will INCREASE the deficit--just over time so he does not get blamed?
(a)
Cook's vote on HR 2575 will increase the Budget deficit $25.4 billion
for the period of 2015-2019 and by $73.7 billion over the 2015-2024
period according to the Congressional Budget Office & the Joint
Committee on Taxation, non partisan think tanks
(b) Cook
voted yeah on another (duplicative) "Research Tax Credit"--the problem
is that cost was not paid for by reductions in any other programs--the
effect, taxes will have to be increased to subsidize those giveaways;
(c)
Abandoning the Affordable Care Act, will INCREASE the costs of Medicare
by taking away the "Young Senior" benefits (aged 50-64), making the
people to make it to Medicare eligibility, more impacted by chronic
diseases and degenerative conditions that will not get the medical
management they would under the "Young Senior" ACA benefits;
6.
Paul Cook's makes the claim he wants to fight for constitutional
rights--he really does not mean that when he complains he is being
"attacked" by me and Paul Hanosh--first, he dodged every forum and debate set up, so its not really clear what his positions are and how (and if) he can back them; second,
Paul needs a history lesson--in the Marines, questioning the authority
of your leaders may be an attack; in federal political elections [a new
forum for someone highly protected by the State GOP for years--maybe too
much so] we need to distinguish ourselves and be able to stand up and
defend the claims being made so the people have the basis to make an
informed choice--it's called robust debate--a constitutional principal
under the first amendment, so why is he criticizing his opponents? Does
he want everyone to get blinded by the service medals and title and,
like in the Marine Corps, just shut up?? We have not, and will not Paul
Cook. Get a backbone and just maybe if you win, you can really become
the leader in Congress you haven't been; third,
Paul voted yes to HR 3964, which strips our agencies and courts of the
review time they have always needed to look at water project
proposals--this is avoiding free speech for special interests to steal
water from farmers--with Cadiz and PG&E, don't we have enough of
that going on Paul? Opps, I forgot how Cook loves them corporations,
giving Monsanto immunity to legal actions and price fixing power over
aspects of the agricultural industry they are increasingly controlling;
7. Lowering taxes is the OPPOSITE of what he has done--consider the following:
(a). Cook voted yeah on HR 4935, bill which will take away a tax credit
of $1,725 per year FROM 5,000,000 single moms with two children and
cutting the tax credit for 6,000,000 more single moms--that is a TAX
increase Mr. Cook!
(b) HR 4935 will INCREASE the tax
credit for families with children making $150,000 per year to
$2,200-nothing like taking care of the well heeled at the expense of the
lower income families struggling
(c) Cook increased
the government guaranteed student loan interest rate--a de facto tax
hike for struggling students that we want to stay off public
assistance;.
8. Cook's legislative votes will take jobs away
HR 5078 & HR 3964 (which Cook voted for) will cost California
thousands of jobs per the Congressional Budget Office as it will created
penalties for employers, that they will have to pay with reduced hours/potentially layoffs and/or force fields to go fallow for new
corporate farmers, which will cause more loss in existing local jobs;
9. The lead statement in your article, if from Cook, is nothing short of amazing [Inadequate
Presidential Response Shifts the Burden to Congress]. Boehner, Cook's
boss, had roughly 93 days of session, but were paid for a year of
work--working a third of the year is hardly taking on a burden.
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Cook
needs to defend his votes with something more specific than he is being
attacked. I want a chance to be a part of the solution-finding
process--not rubber-stamping failed policies and tactics.
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Bob Conaway
Candidate for the 8th CD
Sunday, October 12, 2014
On English Only Surveys Candidates See this Time of Year
By the time California's first constitution was drafted in 1849, the Gold Rush had already transformed the state's Spanish-speakers into a minority (13,000 of nearly 100,000 residents). Without opposition, however, delegates to California's Constitutional convention in 1849 approved an important recognition of Spanish language rights:
"All laws, decrees, regulations, and provisions emanating from any of the three supreme powers of this State, which from their nature require publication, shall be published in English and Spanish." So it seems the tradition California's founding fathers had in 1849 a different idea [http://www.languagepolicy.net/archives/1879con.htm].
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Mr. Ayers who represented the Los Angeles area testified in 1849 testified :"Mr. AYERS. ... In the section of the State which I represent [Los Angeles County] there are large portions of it which are entirely populated by a Spanish-American population, not a foreign population, but a population who were here before we were here, and I wish to say that almost without an exceptional instance these natives of California, who were adults at the time this State was ceded to the United States by Mexico, are still in the same condition, as far as their knowledge of English is concerned. There are but very few of them, if any, who understand our language at all, and, if I am not mistaken, in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo there was an assurance that the natives should continue to enjoy the rights and privileges they did under their former Government, and there was an implied contract that they should be governed as they were before. It was in this spirit that the laws were printed in Spanish.
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One of the other delegates [a Judge Rolfe from San Bernardino] saied, "there are townships in Southern California which are entirely Spanish, or Spanish-American. ... [I]t would be wrong, it seems to me, for this Convention to prevent these people from transacting their local business in their own language. It does no harm to Americans, and I think they should be permitted to do so... .This is not a question of demagogism, or partisanism; it is a question of right. Now, I know that in Southern California there are districts and communities that are so entirely Spanish that if you deprive them of the right to continue their proceedings in Justices' Courts in Spanish, you will deprive them of justice".
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See also: http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/ghtreaty/
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Kinda suggests the Spanish language is part of the fabric of what California was founded on?? It seems if Ayers is right, then to impose in the acquired territories under that Treaty an English Only rule, would violate that law??
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What says you??
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Taking this further, are we denying as Ayers suggests, depriving the Spanish speaking only population of justice by English only courtrooms?
"All laws, decrees, regulations, and provisions emanating from any of the three supreme powers of this State, which from their nature require publication, shall be published in English and Spanish." So it seems the tradition California's founding fathers had in 1849 a different idea [http://www.languagepolicy.net/archives/1879con.htm].
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Mr. Ayers who represented the Los Angeles area testified in 1849 testified :"Mr. AYERS. ... In the section of the State which I represent [Los Angeles County] there are large portions of it which are entirely populated by a Spanish-American population, not a foreign population, but a population who were here before we were here, and I wish to say that almost without an exceptional instance these natives of California, who were adults at the time this State was ceded to the United States by Mexico, are still in the same condition, as far as their knowledge of English is concerned. There are but very few of them, if any, who understand our language at all, and, if I am not mistaken, in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo there was an assurance that the natives should continue to enjoy the rights and privileges they did under their former Government, and there was an implied contract that they should be governed as they were before. It was in this spirit that the laws were printed in Spanish.
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One of the other delegates [a Judge Rolfe from San Bernardino] saied, "there are townships in Southern California which are entirely Spanish, or Spanish-American. ... [I]t would be wrong, it seems to me, for this Convention to prevent these people from transacting their local business in their own language. It does no harm to Americans, and I think they should be permitted to do so... .This is not a question of demagogism, or partisanism; it is a question of right. Now, I know that in Southern California there are districts and communities that are so entirely Spanish that if you deprive them of the right to continue their proceedings in Justices' Courts in Spanish, you will deprive them of justice".
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See also: http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/ghtreaty/
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Kinda suggests the Spanish language is part of the fabric of what California was founded on?? It seems if Ayers is right, then to impose in the acquired territories under that Treaty an English Only rule, would violate that law??
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What says you??
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Taking this further, are we denying as Ayers suggests, depriving the Spanish speaking only population of justice by English only courtrooms?
Friday, October 10, 2014
Campaign rumblings
Went to forum @ Immanuel Baptist Church on October 9th in Highland, CA hosted by Immanuel Baptist Church’s Salt and Light Ministry .
It was well run, video-ed and of course, who do ya think did not show?
Paul Cook. The organizers kept telling me they asked for Cook to come
and could not apparently get a commitment to even have a surrogate sent
as was the case with another candidate. Three videos were being shot.
When I get the links, I will post but its probably up by the time you
read this at the Immanuel Baptist Church (Highland, CA) website. Going to 2nd interview with Sun later day. Walking precincts in Barstow tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
BOB CONAWAY [Candidate in Caifornia's 8th Congressional District] DEMANDS PAUL COOK TELL US IF HE SUPPORTS PAUL RYAN's PATH TO PROSPERITY WHICH CUTS SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE
Our Social Security
system is under
attack by its enemies. Paul Ryan, the spritual guru for the Republican
leadership in Congress has a plan which Paul Cook has not condemned as Bob Conaway urges he should. What is the Paul Ryan's
plan that Paul Cook has been unwilling to condemn?
Source: http://www.
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's latest "Path to Prosperity" budget includes deep cuts to the social safety net, including Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps, as well as a tax reform plan that should have the 1 percent and multinational corporations jumping for joy.
According to the latest numbers, the program can pay full benefits until 2033, and close to full benefits for decades after that, with literally no changes at all. One simple tweak – eliminating the cap on the payroll tax, which currently exempts any income above $117,000 – ensures the program's solvency for 75 years. So any talk of radical Social Security changes should be prefaced with an explanation of why such changes are necessary.
Source: http://www.usnews.com/opinion/| Social Security Goal |
Ryan's Plan |
| Do not privatize Social Security |
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| Do not cut benefits |
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| Do not raise the retirement age |
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Source: http://www.
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's latest "Path to Prosperity" budget includes deep cuts to the social safety net, including Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps, as well as a tax reform plan that should have the 1 percent and multinational corporations jumping for joy.
According to the latest numbers, the program can pay full benefits until 2033, and close to full benefits for decades after that, with literally no changes at all. One simple tweak – eliminating the cap on the payroll tax, which currently exempts any income above $117,000 – ensures the program's solvency for 75 years. So any talk of radical Social Security changes should be prefaced with an explanation of why such changes are necessary.
Bob Conaway states: "PAUL COOK needs to tell us what his intentions are about supporting Paul Ryan's 'Path to Prosperity Plans'. I will oppose such reckless plans based upon false premises."
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Congressional Candidate Bob Conaway Receives American Bar Association Honor
The Dispute Resolution Committee of the Business Law Section has the announced addition of Bob Conaway [a candidate for Congress in California's 8th Congressional District], which Bob describes as "a great honor and further opportunity to serve" . Bob further stated "one of the reasons I am running for Congress is because I believe that my nearly 30 years of service as a pro bono mediator, arbitrator, temporary judge and special master could help be the difference, whatever the party composition in Congress, to moving forward legislation needed. The People deserve progress, not gridlock. I know I can help bring people together in Congress. I have brought people together in mediations & arbitrations who did not just dislike and mistrust one another, but in some instances outright hated each other--a skill Congress regrettably needs".
Monday, October 6, 2014
The "Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2014" which Paul Cook recently sent out a news memo on, is far from "transparent", is discriminatory & will drive up medical costs.
The "Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2014" which Paul Cook recently sent out a news memo, on is far from "transparent", is discriminatory & will drive up medical costs.
1. Paul Cook's H.R. 3811 (he claims to be a co-sponsor) singles out insurance exchanges and ignores insurance companies and others who store far more personal consumer data--more class discrimination for his corporate sponsors--Paul Cook would let the insurance company giants like Blue Cross, Anthem, Aetna (to name a few) and their data managers off the hook under this deceptive bill. Besides, if data security was something current protective & enforcement mechanisms could not handle, why aren't private insurers being subject to the same new proposed regulation?
2. HR 3811 would needlessly increase paperwork and costs that do not improve the safety or security of personally-identifiable information in the Health Insurance Market Marketplaces & may interfere with law enforcement investigation of any breach of confidential databases. "For example, the indiscriminate reporting requirement in H.R. 3811 may seriously impede the law enforcement investigation of a breach. Healthcare.gov is subject to strict security standards, is constantly monitored and tested, and applies security and privacy protections that go beyond federal IT standards. The data breach was contained and there is no evidence of any injury or loss to citizens. Data privacy and security are key issues that the Committee has addressed on a bipartisan basis in the past" per the State of Administration Policy on HR 3811 [See for further information: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legislative/sap/113/saphr3811h20140109.pdf].
Bob Conaway says, "Cook's vote poisons the well on what transparency means and is another example of his commitment to corporate giveaways and favoritism by using misleading titles to bills and media releases".
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Saturday, September 27, 2014
Even Paul Cook's Green Initiatives[a bill to Establish the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area in the State of California and for other purposes] Smells of Special Interest Cave-in's
HR 5573 [called a bill To Establish the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area in the State of California and for other purposes"] introduced by Paul Cook, is on its face an environmentally friendly bill--but like so many of Cook's votes, closer scrutiny suggests something else is afoot.
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What are the "OTHER PURPOSES"?
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Why does he have no co-sponsors?
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Putting aside the fact the bill won't pass in this session due to it being introduced so late by Paul Cook is question of why HR 5573 was not referred to the second of the two required committees as set forth in the language of HR 5573?
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The OTHER required committee H5573 has to go through is the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. This apparently "green" bill under section 2 "m" sets into stone mining and mineral rights previously deemed "valid" and any mining or mineral rights claimed and deemed "valid" BEFORE the law gets enacted.
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So with this bill, the rush could be on to expeditiously start mining and mineral extraction in the Alabama's. It in effect appears to give mining and mineral extraction folks a period within which to develop the very sort of burden on the resource the average person would think the bill prevents.
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This bill is not going to pass until Cook's mining and or mineral buds get their operations underway and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources gives its blessing. This bill bombproofs those late appearing mineral and mining interest and gives them a way to come in and avoid environmental agency stoppage, even if it's in the middle of the Scenic area. The very fact HR 5573 was NOT referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources yet shows that Cook's mining and mineral extraction buds haven't gotten their operations underway (yet).
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Stay tuned for the unfolding of the deception.
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What are the "OTHER PURPOSES"?
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Why does he have no co-sponsors?
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Putting aside the fact the bill won't pass in this session due to it being introduced so late by Paul Cook is question of why HR 5573 was not referred to the second of the two required committees as set forth in the language of HR 5573?
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The OTHER required committee H5573 has to go through is the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. This apparently "green" bill under section 2 "m" sets into stone mining and mineral rights previously deemed "valid" and any mining or mineral rights claimed and deemed "valid" BEFORE the law gets enacted.
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So with this bill, the rush could be on to expeditiously start mining and mineral extraction in the Alabama's. It in effect appears to give mining and mineral extraction folks a period within which to develop the very sort of burden on the resource the average person would think the bill prevents.
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This bill is not going to pass until Cook's mining and or mineral buds get their operations underway and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources gives its blessing. This bill bombproofs those late appearing mineral and mining interest and gives them a way to come in and avoid environmental agency stoppage, even if it's in the middle of the Scenic area. The very fact HR 5573 was NOT referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources yet shows that Cook's mining and mineral extraction buds haven't gotten their operations underway (yet).
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Stay tuned for the unfolding of the deception.
Paul Cook's "Child Tax Credit" bill vote [HR4935] will cost add $100 billion to our national deficit while increasing taxes paid by 11 million lower income families so well heeled families earning over $150,000 net can have a bigger tax credit-Say What?
Bob Conaway (candidate for Congress -CA-08) joins the Administration [http://www.whitehouse.gov/
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Why?
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First,
HR 4935 would add nearly $100 billion to deficits over 10 years to
expand the Child Tax Credit to benefit households with net incomes over
$150,000, while slashing or eliminating benefits for lower income
working families. HR 4935 effectively
eliminates the Child Tax Credit for 5 million families, while cutting
it
for 6 million more. A single parent with two children working
full-time
at minimum wage would lose her entire tax credit of $1,725.
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Meanwhile, a couple with two children with income of $150,000 would receive a Child Tax Credit $2,200 larger than today. After 2017, H.R. 4935 would eliminate the Child Tax Credit for millions of American children whose parents immigrated to this country, including U.S. citizen children and“Dreamers,” and would push many of these children into or deeper into poverty.
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Second, while Bob Conaway and the Administration strongly support tax relief for working and middle-class families, H.R.
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Meanwhile, a couple with two children with income of $150,000 would receive a Child Tax Credit $2,200 larger than today. After 2017, H.R. 4935 would eliminate the Child Tax Credit for millions of American children whose parents immigrated to this country, including U.S. citizen children and“Dreamers,” and would push many of these children into or deeper into poverty.
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Second, while Bob Conaway and the Administration strongly support tax relief for working and middle-class families, H.R.
4935,
by eliminating the tax credit for working families with children, is in
effect raising taxes for those millions of struggling working families,
a struggle Cook does not care about.
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Solution: If Paul Cook wants to show he and his buds are serious about helping working families through the Child Tax Credit, they should start by extending the current provisions past 2017.
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Solution: If Paul Cook wants to show he and his buds are serious about helping working families through the Child Tax Credit, they should start by extending the current provisions past 2017.
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Using
popular programs to bury tax increases to the lower income working
families will become law if the Republicans retain the House and win the
Senate. Voting on November 4, 2014 will add your views to the public
policy dialogue.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
CALL YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REP & DEMAND WE REINSTATE THE VOTING RIGHTS PROTECTION LOST!!
If Congress doesn’t act, this will be the first election in 50 years without critical protections from the Voting Rights Act. For Bob Conaway, Candidate in the 8th Congressional District, the right to vote is precious… even sacred.
Sitting Congressman John Lewis in 1963 marched on Washington with Martin Luther King for the right to vote. In 1965, John Lewis gave a little blood on a bridge in Selma, Alabama for the right to vote. Folks marched for this. Folks fought for this. And some even died for the right to vote.
But today, the vital protections in the Voting Rights Act have been gutted by conservative Justices on the Supreme Court.
Will you stand with me to demand basic voter protections be reinstated?
Thanks,
Bob Conaway
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Monday, September 22, 2014
Bank Funding is More Important to Funding the Ebola Fight Adequately is What Paul Cook is All About
Paul Cook voted to pass a joint resolution [the "Fiscal 2015 Continuing Resolution"]
that would provide funding for
federal government operations until Dec. 11, 2014, at an annualized rate
of $1.012 trillion. The Budget provides a mere $88 million for
government efforts
to fight the Ebola virus when the United Nations said they needed $1
billion from the US to contain. This is a pandemnic potential not unlke
the Black Plague which wiped out hundreds of millions. Paul Cook does
not understand the global risk and joins his leadership in voting for a
budget that does not protect Americans while supporting tax cuts to
corporations throughout the year and in the same Fiscal 2015 Continuing Resolution extending the Export-Import Bank's operating authority through June 30, 2015, which if he did not it figure out, was beyond his current term in congress--kinda like creating debt for someone after your authority to approve appropriation passes?
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Bob Conaway says "This is scarey budget politics--banking power is more important that knocking down a disease that could ravage Americans? I guess banks are more important than the lives of US citizens to Paul Cook. Does he really think the disease can be contained with such a superficial commitment to a potential pandemic? Outbreaks need to be contained at historical and geographic pinchpoints. To be cheap on the effort increases the risk of a break out. Shame on Cook for playing with the public's health protection!"
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Bob Conaway says "This is scarey budget politics--banking power is more important that knocking down a disease that could ravage Americans? I guess banks are more important than the lives of US citizens to Paul Cook. Does he really think the disease can be contained with such a superficial commitment to a potential pandemic? Outbreaks need to be contained at historical and geographic pinchpoints. To be cheap on the effort increases the risk of a break out. Shame on Cook for playing with the public's health protection!"
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Bob Conaway Urges Paul Cook to Seek Emergency Funding of the Ebola fight before it "Comes to America" and kills people on Main Street
The Ebola crisis in West Africa is a horrifying humanitarian catastrophe, regrettably being ignored by Congress and the media (to date) apart from sending over a handful of military personnel (to observe and report), an approach which seems to ignore the fact Ebola is not stopped by guns or soldiers like a human enemy. Ebola which is no less an enemy, only needs to catch a single plane flight to cause far more terror and devastation
than a handful of terrorists ever could.
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The United Nations which is taking the lead says that it needs $1 billion to contain the disaster.
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To put the request for mutual aide in context, the United States is spending $7.5 million dollars a day to support military operations in Iraq, at an annual cost of $2.7 billion per year. One expert says that ramped-up air operations (which might be asked for) could take our costs up to $100 million to $200 million a week, or $5 to $10 billion a year but even that only accounts for air strikes in Iraq. Another expert points out that if our reach expands by engaging in air attacks in Syria, say, or paying other countries to join us, we could easily get up to a price tag of $15 to $20 billion per year, for what may be a multi-year venture.
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But even if one is of the opinion that we must spare no expense in stopping ISIS, there's no reason why we can't also focus on halting the spread of Ebola.
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Bob Conaway, Candidate for Congress in the 8th Congressional District says:
"We owe it to our fellow human beings to help them in a time of desperate need, and it's also just good sense to take preventive action that could protect this country, too. It's long past time for the West to act and put a stop to this dread virus, and it's long past time for the United States to lead, so I ask, I implore, Paul Cook to ask for an emergency session of Congress to vote on funding the Ebola fight and protect us against a very real threat to our shores and Main Streets across America".
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The United Nations which is taking the lead says that it needs $1 billion to contain the disaster.
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To put the request for mutual aide in context, the United States is spending $7.5 million dollars a day to support military operations in Iraq, at an annual cost of $2.7 billion per year. One expert says that ramped-up air operations (which might be asked for) could take our costs up to $100 million to $200 million a week, or $5 to $10 billion a year but even that only accounts for air strikes in Iraq. Another expert points out that if our reach expands by engaging in air attacks in Syria, say, or paying other countries to join us, we could easily get up to a price tag of $15 to $20 billion per year, for what may be a multi-year venture.
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But even if one is of the opinion that we must spare no expense in stopping ISIS, there's no reason why we can't also focus on halting the spread of Ebola.
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Bob Conaway, Candidate for Congress in the 8th Congressional District says:
"We owe it to our fellow human beings to help them in a time of desperate need, and it's also just good sense to take preventive action that could protect this country, too. It's long past time for the West to act and put a stop to this dread virus, and it's long past time for the United States to lead, so I ask, I implore, Paul Cook to ask for an emergency session of Congress to vote on funding the Ebola fight and protect us against a very real threat to our shores and Main Streets across America".
Friday, September 19, 2014
Why John Coffey is the Best Choice for Assembly in 2014
At a debate between John Coffey (D-Newberry Springs) and Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear) this evening [both are the final 2 facing off on November 4, 2014 for the 33rd District Assembly District in California], I heard from Republican Jay Obernolte how California's business unfriendly government policies are chasing out business and jobs in response to a question about a Chinese aluminum smelter business not locating in Barstow--maybe he needs to test fewer of his pinball games and come down from the Mountains once in a while and check his facts:
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1. California's economic growth is one of the highest!!
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According to USA Today U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.5% in 2012 after growing 1.6% in 2011, the most the economy has grown since 2006. Nationally, manufacturing, trade and the finance and insurance industry made some of the biggest contributions to growth. While the national economy grew, some of the country's largest state economies, including California and Texas, increased at an even faster rate. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/06/15/states-with-the-fastest-growing-economies/2416239/--opps for Obernolte
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2. Obernolte claims to be a UCLA grad--too bad he did not read the LA Times (probably too liberal for him) before the debate. A UCLA economist (quoted in the LA Times) reported that "job growth in much of California has outpaced the national average over the last year, signaling a continued economic rebound for the state in the coming years, according to the quarterly UCLA Anderson Forecast released Thursday "(yesterday)-opps for Obernolte
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3. Litigation rates in California is one of the lowest; Obernolte should take a look at the numbers from the California court system, which recently issued its 2012 Court Statistics Report, including even more recent data for the 2010-11 fiscal year. On page 96 of that PDF (page 83 of the report) are numbers for civil case filings in each of the last 10 fiscal years, showing not only a drop from FY 09 to FY 10 but a further drop in FY 11. The number of civil filings in 2010-11 was 11.6% less than the number of filings in 2008-09, which was the high point of the 10-year period. What was that about the trend of litigation in California?
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Here’s something else from that 2010 National Center for State Courts report that flies in the face of the corporate lobby’s contention that California is somehow an overly litigious state. There’s a table on page 9 of the PDF of the report ranking 29 states and the District of Columbia by number of civil suits filed per capita in 2010. California ranks 28th of the 30 jurisdictions and was 38% below the median for the group. Yes, California has a lot of civil lawsuits (although many fewer than New York or Florida). It also has by far the largest population.
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The NCSC report goes on to show that the civil court dockets in many states are dominated by corporate plaintiffs. In the 17 states that maintain adequate records (California is not one of them), 61% of their civil cases in 2010 were contract cases, typically filed by businesses and often against other businesses. Tort cases, including those typically filed by consumers such as personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice, made up just 6% of those states’ civil caseloads in 2010.
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Remember, when the corporate lobby complains about “too many lawsuits,” they’re not complaining about the number of suits they file. They’re complaining about being held accountable in the civil justice system by consumers. And your suits require court time and resources that could be spent on their suits.
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4. The Chinese business was a huge problem from the gitgo; we are in drought conditions and a smelting operation needs lots of water and the air quality in the area is so bad (from the transportation corridor usage, sludge to composting operations and high winds that carry pm 2.5 particles putting at risk children and the elderly), that the additional burden could have just plain killed a lot of people. Monthly the newspaper publishes a Prop 65 warning about the air being so bad.
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Bottom line: It seems these days that the only way conservative republicans can win on the economy is to be real dumb or out-and-out lie ]oh yeah---Coffey won and we would be fortunate to have him serve the 33rd Assembly District in California).
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1. California's economic growth is one of the highest!!
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According to USA Today U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.5% in 2012 after growing 1.6% in 2011, the most the economy has grown since 2006. Nationally, manufacturing, trade and the finance and insurance industry made some of the biggest contributions to growth. While the national economy grew, some of the country's largest state economies, including California and Texas, increased at an even faster rate. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/06/15/states-with-the-fastest-growing-economies/2416239/--opps for Obernolte
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2. Obernolte claims to be a UCLA grad--too bad he did not read the LA Times (probably too liberal for him) before the debate. A UCLA economist (quoted in the LA Times) reported that "job growth in much of California has outpaced the national average over the last year, signaling a continued economic rebound for the state in the coming years, according to the quarterly UCLA Anderson Forecast released Thursday "(yesterday)-opps for Obernolte
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3. Litigation rates in California is one of the lowest; Obernolte should take a look at the numbers from the California court system, which recently issued its 2012 Court Statistics Report, including even more recent data for the 2010-11 fiscal year. On page 96 of that PDF (page 83 of the report) are numbers for civil case filings in each of the last 10 fiscal years, showing not only a drop from FY 09 to FY 10 but a further drop in FY 11. The number of civil filings in 2010-11 was 11.6% less than the number of filings in 2008-09, which was the high point of the 10-year period. What was that about the trend of litigation in California?
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Here’s something else from that 2010 National Center for State Courts report that flies in the face of the corporate lobby’s contention that California is somehow an overly litigious state. There’s a table on page 9 of the PDF of the report ranking 29 states and the District of Columbia by number of civil suits filed per capita in 2010. California ranks 28th of the 30 jurisdictions and was 38% below the median for the group. Yes, California has a lot of civil lawsuits (although many fewer than New York or Florida). It also has by far the largest population.
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The NCSC report goes on to show that the civil court dockets in many states are dominated by corporate plaintiffs. In the 17 states that maintain adequate records (California is not one of them), 61% of their civil cases in 2010 were contract cases, typically filed by businesses and often against other businesses. Tort cases, including those typically filed by consumers such as personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice, made up just 6% of those states’ civil caseloads in 2010.
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Remember, when the corporate lobby complains about “too many lawsuits,” they’re not complaining about the number of suits they file. They’re complaining about being held accountable in the civil justice system by consumers. And your suits require court time and resources that could be spent on their suits.
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4. The Chinese business was a huge problem from the gitgo; we are in drought conditions and a smelting operation needs lots of water and the air quality in the area is so bad (from the transportation corridor usage, sludge to composting operations and high winds that carry pm 2.5 particles putting at risk children and the elderly), that the additional burden could have just plain killed a lot of people. Monthly the newspaper publishes a Prop 65 warning about the air being so bad.
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Bottom line: It seems these days that the only way conservative republicans can win on the economy is to be real dumb or out-and-out lie ]oh yeah---Coffey won and we would be fortunate to have him serve the 33rd Assembly District in California).
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Bob Conaway Urges Paul Cook to Join Him in telling the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Shut down the dangerous Diablo Canyon nuclear plant.
In the wake of a 6.0 magnitude earthquake near Napa, a shocking new
report from a federal nuclear
safety official raises the prospect that PG&E's Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant could face catastrophic failure when the next big earthquake hits, and recommends that it be shut down.1
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The report, authored by a former lead on-site inspector, flatly refutes PG&E's claim that the plant's two reactors can withstand an earthquake like the one that rattled northern California just a few weeks ago.2 Incredibly, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is trusting PG&E's internal assessment of the danger of continuing to run the plant, despite the clear conflict of interest. With half a million people living within 50 miles of this disaster waiting to happen, the Diablo Canyon plant needs to be shut down now.
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Tell the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Shut down the dangerous Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. Click here to sign the petition.
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The engineers who designed the coastal nuclear plant at Fukushima believed it could withstand any disaster imaginable before a massive earthquake and tsunami struck in 2011 and caused a major catastrophe.
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PG&E's engineers similarly claim that the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant can withstand any (?) anticipated earthquake. Aside from the arrogance of concluding structural strength and containment capacity that has never been tested by an earthquake of even what hit San Francisco over a hundred years ago (much less what his Chile recently), the plant was built long before a major fault line was discovered in 2008 -- just a few hundred yards offshore from the coastal nuclear plant. The plant also sits nearby the Los Osos, Hosgri, and San Andreas Faults, a confluence of seismic features with dramatic potential activity that could overcome the plant’s outdated and inadequate safety design features.3
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the power to revoke PG&E’s license to operate the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant -- and that's exactly what it needs to do.
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Urge Paul Cook to join Bob Conaway and tell the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Shut down the dangerous Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. The fallout could poison our environment for a 1,000 years.
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You can further express your personal support by clicking the link below to sign the petition: http://act.credoaction.com/
1. "AP Exclusive: Expert calls for Diablo Canyon shutdown," Associated Press, August, 25, 2014.
2. To download the full report, click here (PDF).
3. "Petition seeks closure of Diablo Canyon nuclear plant," San Francisco Chronicle, August 27, 2014.
safety official raises the prospect that PG&E's Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant could face catastrophic failure when the next big earthquake hits, and recommends that it be shut down.1
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The report, authored by a former lead on-site inspector, flatly refutes PG&E's claim that the plant's two reactors can withstand an earthquake like the one that rattled northern California just a few weeks ago.2 Incredibly, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is trusting PG&E's internal assessment of the danger of continuing to run the plant, despite the clear conflict of interest. With half a million people living within 50 miles of this disaster waiting to happen, the Diablo Canyon plant needs to be shut down now.
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Tell the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Shut down the dangerous Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. Click here to sign the petition.
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The engineers who designed the coastal nuclear plant at Fukushima believed it could withstand any disaster imaginable before a massive earthquake and tsunami struck in 2011 and caused a major catastrophe.
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PG&E's engineers similarly claim that the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant can withstand any (?) anticipated earthquake. Aside from the arrogance of concluding structural strength and containment capacity that has never been tested by an earthquake of even what hit San Francisco over a hundred years ago (much less what his Chile recently), the plant was built long before a major fault line was discovered in 2008 -- just a few hundred yards offshore from the coastal nuclear plant. The plant also sits nearby the Los Osos, Hosgri, and San Andreas Faults, a confluence of seismic features with dramatic potential activity that could overcome the plant’s outdated and inadequate safety design features.3
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the power to revoke PG&E’s license to operate the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant -- and that's exactly what it needs to do.
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Urge Paul Cook to join Bob Conaway and tell the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Shut down the dangerous Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. The fallout could poison our environment for a 1,000 years.
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You can further express your personal support by clicking the link below to sign the petition: http://act.credoaction.com/
1. "AP Exclusive: Expert calls for Diablo Canyon shutdown," Associated Press, August, 25, 2014.
2. To download the full report, click here (PDF).
3. "Petition seeks closure of Diablo Canyon nuclear plant," San Francisco Chronicle, August 27, 2014.
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12127 Mall Blvd, Suite A-363
Victorville CA 92392
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BobConawayforCongress.
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Monday, September 15, 2014
Paul Cook's "Yeah" Vote on HR 5078 Will Endanger Public Waters & Blocks Rulemaking Efforts to Protect Our Public Waters by Non-Partisan Professionals
On September 9, the US House of Representatives voted 262 to 152 to approve HR 5078 as an attempt to block the Clean Water Act protection rule-making underway by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
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Bob Conaway says that "Paul Cook (CA-08) should have known that his 'yeah' vote on H.R. 5078 is bad news for clean water nationally and especially so for people in the 8th District, whose fragile Desert Valley and Mountain areas are in need of protection. The proposed rule the Army Corps and EPA was working on was consistent with the Supreme Court's narrower reading of where the Act applies, which includes wetlands with a hydrologic connection to rivers and streams (like the Colorado, Owens and Santa Ana Rivers), including those rivers and streams that flow seasonally (like the Mojave River) [see http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Article/view/id/31900/ & http://1mississippi.org/your-clean-water-act-support-needed-now-more-than-ever/]. HR 5078 is one of many roadblocks opponents of the Clean Water Act protection rule (also called Waters of the U.S. rule) are throwing up. The proposed rule making which HR 5078 & Cook's vote seeks to stop, provided clarification about which waters the Clean Water Act applies to, and contrary to the shrill voices in the Boehner camp, did not protect any new types of waters".
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Bob further says: " One has to wonder about Paul Cook and free speech--the rule making process INVOLVES the public and various stakeholders--what is he and his corporate minions scared about coming out of the rule making process. Paul Cook voted to stop current rulemaking (one has to wonder if he is afraid of intelligent professionals talking about what's good for Americans) & voted to prohibit the EPA and the Corps from developing any future rulemakings or basing implementation of the law on similar rules or guidance".
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Bob Conaway says that "Paul Cook (CA-08) should have known that his 'yeah' vote on H.R. 5078 is bad news for clean water nationally and especially so for people in the 8th District, whose fragile Desert Valley and Mountain areas are in need of protection. The proposed rule the Army Corps and EPA was working on was consistent with the Supreme Court's narrower reading of where the Act applies, which includes wetlands with a hydrologic connection to rivers and streams (like the Colorado, Owens and Santa Ana Rivers), including those rivers and streams that flow seasonally (like the Mojave River) [see http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Article/view/id/31900/ & http://1mississippi.org/your-clean-water-act-support-needed-now-more-than-ever/]. HR 5078 is one of many roadblocks opponents of the Clean Water Act protection rule (also called Waters of the U.S. rule) are throwing up. The proposed rule making which HR 5078 & Cook's vote seeks to stop, provided clarification about which waters the Clean Water Act applies to, and contrary to the shrill voices in the Boehner camp, did not protect any new types of waters".
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Bob further says: " One has to wonder about Paul Cook and free speech--the rule making process INVOLVES the public and various stakeholders--what is he and his corporate minions scared about coming out of the rule making process. Paul Cook voted to stop current rulemaking (one has to wonder if he is afraid of intelligent professionals talking about what's good for Americans) & voted to prohibit the EPA and the Corps from developing any future rulemakings or basing implementation of the law on similar rules or guidance".
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Victorville CA 92392
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BobConawayforCongress.
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Sunday, September 14, 2014
Cook Voted to Increase Interest Rates on Student Loans & Reject a 2016 minimum wage increase while collecting his salary increase
On Paul Cook, some interesting tidbits @ http://votethemout2014.net/Voted.html.
The site shows that:
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(1) Cook voted to oppose increasing the minimum wage to $10.16 per hour by 2016 (while he gets his automatic pay increase as a result of a bill cosponsored by his mentor and campaign advisor, Jerry Lewis),
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(2) Cook voted to give Monsanto protection so they can dominate the market and charge unreasonable fees for their products without fear of liability suits, and
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(3) Cook voted to increase the interest rate on student loans to 3.4%... so in this snippet on one site, he protects profiteering by Monsanto, screws the production workers working semi-skilled and unskilled jobs while increasing the cost of getting an education for people trying to climb out of the minimum wage trap jobs--what an elitist hypocrite!
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Bob's view? Student loan interest rates should not be hiked at all, minimum wage (which most college students earn while earning a degree, if they are able to get a job) should be increased, especially since the loan costs are going up. Monsanto is using the government to secure market control and immunity to being held accountable. Sad man who apparently hates our young men and women just trying to survive while getting ahead, but collects his raise despite getting little done (except for large corporations).
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(1) Cook voted to oppose increasing the minimum wage to $10.16 per hour by 2016 (while he gets his automatic pay increase as a result of a bill cosponsored by his mentor and campaign advisor, Jerry Lewis),
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(2) Cook voted to give Monsanto protection so they can dominate the market and charge unreasonable fees for their products without fear of liability suits, and
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(3) Cook voted to increase the interest rate on student loans to 3.4%... so in this snippet on one site, he protects profiteering by Monsanto, screws the production workers working semi-skilled and unskilled jobs while increasing the cost of getting an education for people trying to climb out of the minimum wage trap jobs--what an elitist hypocrite!
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Bob's view? Student loan interest rates should not be hiked at all, minimum wage (which most college students earn while earning a degree, if they are able to get a job) should be increased, especially since the loan costs are going up. Monsanto is using the government to secure market control and immunity to being held accountable. Sad man who apparently hates our young men and women just trying to survive while getting ahead, but collects his raise despite getting little done (except for large corporations).
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Saturday, September 13, 2014
PAUL COOK's HR 3522 VOTE DISCRIMINATES AGAINST PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, WOMEN & PEOPLE WITH LONG TERM CARE NEEDS
Bob Conaway, a candidate for Congress in California's 8th
Congressional District and the National Committee to Preserve Social
Security and Medicare oppose H.R. 3522 [misnamed by the Congressional
Republicans the "Employee Health Care Protection Act". --Mr.
Entitlement (Paul Cook) of course voted for it. Bob Conaway would not
have. Exactly what will HR 3522 mean to the people in the 8th
Congressional District?
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1. HR 3522 allows health insurers to continue offering coverage outside of the insurance marketplaces established by the health law even if those plans do not comply with its coverage requirements.
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2. HR 3522 allowed inferior plans can now discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions, would force women to pay more tha
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3. H.R. 3522 undercuts the ability of the marketplace insurance plans to offer affordable health coverage because younger and healthier individuals would tend to enroll in the substandard plans preserved by HR 3522. Consequently, older and sicker individuals would remain in the comprehensive plans that meet the health law's coverage requirements. As a result of this adverse selection, insurance premiums would rise for those plans with sicker and/or older Americans, which would make coverage less affordable and increase the number of uninsured or force these Americans to join these substandard plans as well.
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4.Under HR 3522, the number of uninsured young seniors would increase and be less healthy by the time they became eligible for Medicare - thereby increasing Medicare's costs.One of the benefits of the Affordable Care Act is that more "young seniors," aged 50-64, are receiving health care before they become eligible for Medicare
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Does Cook bother to look at the people in this District--a lot of retirees, single moms, students and aging work force folks that can't afford the hit of discriminatory underwriting, hikes in premiums and reduced coverage that HR 3522 bring. Heh maybe Cook looks at it this way, he's got his Tri-Care, his Medicare if he needs it and what Congress pays for and us little folks are SOL?
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1. HR 3522 allows health insurers to continue offering coverage outside of the insurance marketplaces established by the health law even if those plans do not comply with its coverage requirements.
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2. HR 3522 allowed inferior plans can now discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions, would force women to pay more tha
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3. H.R. 3522 undercuts the ability of the marketplace insurance plans to offer affordable health coverage because younger and healthier individuals would tend to enroll in the substandard plans preserved by HR 3522. Consequently, older and sicker individuals would remain in the comprehensive plans that meet the health law's coverage requirements. As a result of this adverse selection, insurance premiums would rise for those plans with sicker and/or older Americans, which would make coverage less affordable and increase the number of uninsured or force these Americans to join these substandard plans as well.
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4.Under HR 3522, the number of uninsured young seniors would increase and be less healthy by the time they became eligible for Medicare - thereby increasing Medicare's costs.One of the benefits of the Affordable Care Act is that more "young seniors," aged 50-64, are receiving health care before they become eligible for Medicare
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Does Cook bother to look at the people in this District--a lot of retirees, single moms, students and aging work force folks that can't afford the hit of discriminatory underwriting, hikes in premiums and reduced coverage that HR 3522 bring. Heh maybe Cook looks at it this way, he's got his Tri-Care, his Medicare if he needs it and what Congress pays for and us little folks are SOL?
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
Why Iraq III - Will Congress plz show up?
Bob Conaway, a candidate for Congress in California's 8th Congressional District says:
"We need to avoid without Congressional approval, beyond humanitarian aide and security forces needed to defend American diplomatic assets, propping up an Iraqi regime in failure mode & ignoring our own 'life' priorities.
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First, as BBC reporters have said, the old failed leadership in Iraq just played a game of musical chairs before the US announced there was a new government. It seems that we are asking the same Sunni leaders that could not get their army to stand their ground and fight ISIL, to now fight ISIL, because of some humanitarian supplies being delivered to Kurds and bombing missions (and the promise of more bombings). What is the logic of this? We bombed Sadaam and it was not enough--we had to commit ground forces and when they (the US) withdrew, instability reappeared. How is this any different? Some have said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result?
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"We need to avoid without Congressional approval, beyond humanitarian aide and security forces needed to defend American diplomatic assets, propping up an Iraqi regime in failure mode & ignoring our own 'life' priorities.
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First, as BBC reporters have said, the old failed leadership in Iraq just played a game of musical chairs before the US announced there was a new government. It seems that we are asking the same Sunni leaders that could not get their army to stand their ground and fight ISIL, to now fight ISIL, because of some humanitarian supplies being delivered to Kurds and bombing missions (and the promise of more bombings). What is the logic of this? We bombed Sadaam and it was not enough--we had to commit ground forces and when they (the US) withdrew, instability reappeared. How is this any different? Some have said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result?
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Second, through all this, no one has
asked where did the Republican Guard Ba'thist Party forces go when the
US arrived in Baghdad? The Republican Guard had military training to
fight and fight they did against Iran and Kuwait, so one has to ask, (a)
if they are now part of the Iraqi Army, are we rearming and allying
with Sadaam's old military elite? (b) If they are not part of the new
(current) Iraqi Army, where are they and are we bombing to help defeat
that previously "vanished" military elite or (c) are they standing by
waiting for Iraq's collapse (or weakening from the conflict we are
ramping up) so they can walk in without firing a shot?
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Third,
has anyone asked about whether Iraqi Sunnis want to fight other Sunnis
even if they are part of ISIL? We seem to forget the Sunnis under Sadaam
(which the Army was primarily made up of) killed Kurdish civilians
(like what is happening now?). Could it be that Sunni Iraqis don't want
to attack Sunni-leaning ISIL forces so Kurds can be saved the ravages of
war, when just maybe, some Sunnis in Iraq might see ISIL's attack of
the Kurds being a way to seize back control of the oil fields
historically operated by Iraqi Sunnis? Who are we helping in this fight
and what end game are we working?
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Congress needs to
debate this--e.g. who are we doing this for and why? If this is about
oil fields, stay out and develop our natural resources. Most of the oil
is reportedly going to Red China--what's our bone in this fight?.
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Are we really doing this to save lives? We have a lot of "life" issues, including but not limited to shipping children away who are escaping to the US for a better life with apparently little regard to their fate upon return, failing to deal with the record numbers of suicides in the armed forces by ignoring the signs and failing to give our fighting men and women full and unfettered access to needed medical care to prevent such acts of self destruction [Extrapolating from a 2012 VA report that found 22 veterans took their lives each day in 2009 and 2010, IAVA members planted 1,892 flags on the National Mall Thursday to commemorate the staggering figure; see also http://maketheconnection.net/conditions/suicide], ignoring runaway homelessness numbers (many of which are vets), ignoring crippling student loan debt and abusive Sallie Mae collection policies which is causing depression and anxiety amongst our unemployed and underemployed youth (and returning vets who had some college educational loans) and ignoring the fact 1 in 5 American children suffer from hunger (how about deliverying those food packs to our poor).
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How about dealing with our "life" issues first?"
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Bob Conaway for Congress (CA-08)
12127 Mall Blvd, Suite A-363
Victorville CA 92392
Contact No. (760) 617-8305
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Bob Conaway Urges Paul Cook to Strengthen the Fight Against Child Hunger in America
September is "Hunger Action Month" and September 4, 2014 is "Hunger
Action Day". Bob Conaway, a candidate for Congress, asks Paul Cook to
visit a child feeding program operated by one of the local food banks to
show his concern for our hungry children.
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The Situation: 1 in 5 kids in
the United States face hunger, exposing them to increased learning
difficulties, increased school absenteeism and poorer general health.
Our Response: Next year, members of Congress have an important opportunity to strengthen child nutrition programs, especially programs that target children when they are out of school and harder to reach. Feeding America and child hunger advocates like Bob Conaway are urging Congress to give states flexibility in how they operate summer, after-school, and weekend programs to better reach hungry kids.
Your Impact: Join Feeding America’s or other local programs' cooperative advocacy team and urge Paul Cook and other members of Congress to strengthen child nutrition programs. By pledging your voice and sharing your pledge with others - you’ll join thousands of anti-hunger advocates working to carrying the message of a hunger-free America to elected officials across the country. Together, we can solve hunger.
A shocker: A campaign press release asking you to not give money, but get informed on an issue and just maybe think about the hungry children when you send a check to a politician for another mailer or TV ad. The contact number for one organization fighting against child hunger is Feeding America.
1-800-910-5524. or
Our Response: Next year, members of Congress have an important opportunity to strengthen child nutrition programs, especially programs that target children when they are out of school and harder to reach. Feeding America and child hunger advocates like Bob Conaway are urging Congress to give states flexibility in how they operate summer, after-school, and weekend programs to better reach hungry kids.
Your Impact: Join Feeding America’s or other local programs' cooperative advocacy team and urge Paul Cook and other members of Congress to strengthen child nutrition programs. By pledging your voice and sharing your pledge with others - you’ll join thousands of anti-hunger advocates working to carrying the message of a hunger-free America to elected officials across the country. Together, we can solve hunger.
A shocker: A campaign press release asking you to not give money, but get informed on an issue and just maybe think about the hungry children when you send a check to a politician for another mailer or TV ad. The contact number for one organization fighting against child hunger is Feeding America.
1-800-910-5524. or
Bob Conaway for Congress (CA-08)
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