Hallie+Banc

__**Name:**__ Hallie Banc

__**State:**__ Iowa

__**Political Party:**__ Moderate Conservative

__**Shared Views:**__ I chose the representative Tom Latham. Latham is a republican from Iowa. Issues he was interested in are the planning to close Des Moines 132nd Air National Gaurd. He believes that the White House must request a reassessment of this recommendation with an explanation of why and how the decisions are made. Latham is also interested in protecting family farms from Washington's misguided youth labor regulations. He is trying to get a legislation to protect these families. I am like this representative because I lean toward the republican party and agree with his ideas and issues with todays government and issues. I believe he has good points that cause me to agree with all of his thoughts and ideas.

I chose Romney for president. Romney is a republican and has a lot in common with me. I agree with many of his ideas and plans for this country. He is for the No Child Left Behind program and teaching abstinence in schools. He believes abortion is wrong except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. He is against the Health Care Reform and for eliminating the estate taxes and all capital gains taxes for those who earn less than $200,000 a year. I agree with all of these views. I think that he would be a great person to control our country.
 * __Endorsement for President:__**

Our purpose is to establish safety in schools by making sure that administrators have weapons in the school building. The police are not always prepared to protect the people of the school district and it is necessary to have a weapon in school that only the Vice Principal and Principal can handle. Many positive effects come with weapons in school such as everyone being protected at all times and a decrease in intruders because they will know there is a gun in the school so they will not try to break in as often knowing the risks. The purpose of our bill is to keep schools safe by always having a controlled weapon to protect in case of an intruder.
 * __Link to my Mock Congress Bill:__**
 * HB50 Protect the Schools**

Vote for our bill to protect the students and members of schools to stay safe. This way a gun is always there for use in case of an intruder that is harmful to anyone.

1.The worlds biggest cereal company, Quaker Oats is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa 2.Iowa is the only state who has both there east and west boders completely fromed by water 3.Strawberry point is home to the worlds largest Strawberry 4.Crystal lake is home to the worlds largest statue of a bullhead fish 5.The Kate Shelley Bridge is the highest double railroad track in the world
 * __5 Intresting Facts:__**

1. There is a Blank Park Zoo there with many interesting animals 2. There is a Des Moines Art Center with impressive art 3. There is the Arnolds Park Amusment Park 4. There is the Herbert Hoover Historic Site to visit where president Hoover grew up 5. There is the Sanford Museum and Planetarium with many fun and educational expieriences
 * __5 Reasons to Visit:__**

1. Soil 2. Climate 3. State Mines
 * __3 Main Resources:__**

1. Principal Financial Group Inc 2. University of IOWA Health Care 3. Iowa State University
 * __Three Biggest Employers:__**


 * __Issues:__**

1. Abortion is a main issue in the United States. Every year an average of 1.37 million people have abortions. I do not agree with abortion and I believe it should become illegal. Many say that abortion should be legal because of cases such as incest or rape, but that is rarely the case.1% of all abortions occur because of rape or incest; 6% of abortions occur because of potential health problems regarding either the mother or child, and 93% of all abortions occur for social reasons. Abortion is stopping lives of chidren that could grow up and become wonderful people. Some people say that they can not care for the child so they do not want to bring a kid into this world that they can not care for, but I believe in this case the child should be put up for adoption or put somewhere that they can be cared for. I believe that abortion should not be legal and the government should make laws against abortion

2. Another important issue in the United States is the Cafeteria Food. It is proven that unhealthy lunches are linked to obesity. I believe that in the cafeteria there should only be healthy choices. This could benefit children in many ways, kids could get used to healthy eating and take on healthy eating habits and children could also loose weight. I believe that if children want to bring an unhealthy lunch that they have to bring it themselves. The school can not patrol what the kids bring but they can control what they sell and what is being given to the kids. This way the school is not held accountable for childrens bad eating habits or obesity. The food that cafeterias give out should definantly be monitered to help lowere obesit rates.

3. Another important issue in the United States is Immigration. 11 million to 12 million undocumented immigrants live and work in the US. If we controlled illegal immigration more, poverty and crime rates would decrease. More jobs would open for citizens of the United States and there would be less crimes and deaths. Illegal immigrants also do not have to pay taxes. They do not have to pay for this great life that they are living here in the US. This angers many people and I personally believe that illigal immigration should be more carefully looked at. There should be stronger laws against who can enter our countrty this way all illegal immigration can be stopped. If it is stopped, I believed we can become a stronger country.

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