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Latest Answers http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/latest/%2A/%2A/%2A/MD a view of answers sorted by date en I don’t know the answer to that. I was not in Congress at the time that that happened and I don’t know that anybody did. I don’t know how to answer that question. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/i-don%E2%80%99t-know-answer-.-i-was-not-congress-time-happened-and-i-don%E2%80%99t-know-anybody-did.-i-don%E2%80%99t http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/i-don%E2%80%99t-know-answer-.-i-was-not-congress-time-happened-and-i-don%E2%80%99t-know-anybody-did.-i-don%E2%80%99t#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:46:29 -0500 amukherjee 1536 at http://askyourlawmaker.org That's a great question. I don't know the answer but I'd like to find out myself. That's a great question. The thing is he may have just been spewing poison and bitterness but it would be interesting to know what he had to say. If he had any remorse for all the people that had been killed and raped and maimed and tortured on his watch. But that would be a good question and I'll try to find that out. That's a good question. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3B%2526%2523039%3Bs-great-question.-i-don%2526%2523039%3Bt-know-answer-i%2526%2523039%3Bd-find-out-myself.-%2526%2523039%3Bs- http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3B%2526%2523039%3Bs-great-question.-i-don%2526%2523039%3Bt-know-answer-i%2526%2523039%3Bd-find-out-myself.-%2526%2523039%3Bs-#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:18:19 -0500 amukherjee 1544 at http://askyourlawmaker.org First I was secretary of the navy during the period of time that this country laid the foundation, 1973, 74, to eliminate the draft. And I know the reasons why we eliminated the draft. We took the chance as a nation that we could raise sufficient troops on the all volunteer concept and that has worked and worked far better than any of us ever thought. And today wherever we are in the world defending freedom it is people in uniform who are there because they raised their hand and they volunteered. I can not in my judgment see anyone in the foreseeable future coming to the presidency who would want to reinstitute the draft. Period. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/first-i-was-secretary-navy-during-period-time-country-laid-foundation%2C-1973%2C-74%2C-eliminate-d http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/first-i-was-secretary-navy-during-period-time-country-laid-foundation%2C-1973%2C-74%2C-eliminate-d#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:16:37 -0500 1514 at http://askyourlawmaker.org I think it’s time to bring troops home from Iraq and not institute the draft. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3Bi-think-it%2526amp%3Brsquo%3Bs-time-bring-troops-home-iraq-and-not-institute-draft.%2526lt%3B/p%2526g Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:09:38 -0500 1512 at http://askyourlawmaker.org Yeah, the Deep Space Climate Observatory is a NASA satellite that was originally proposed by then Vice President Al Gore. One of the purposes was to provide a continuous picture of the earth from 1.5 km away in space. Critics have argued that the satellite would beam, essentially, an overpriced screen saver of earth that was not the best use of NASA dollars that could be spent on perhaps more pressing matters like monitoring the climate and life sciences etc. Due to questions about the satellite’s scientific value NASA took it off the shuttle launch manifest and placed it in storage in NASA’s Goddard Space Center. In a recent NASA reauthorization bill which I was a prime sponsor of, we have asked NASA to prepare a plan on how to best utilize the stored satellite and all of its components. It may mean sending it back into space it may mean some other use but we are asking NASA to go back and take a second look at the potential value of the satellite. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3Byeah%2C-deep-space-climate-observatory-nasa-satellite-was-originally-proposed-then-vi http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3Byeah%2C-deep-space-climate-observatory-nasa-satellite-was-originally-proposed-then-vi#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:25:14 -0500 Robin Wright 1497 at http://askyourlawmaker.org Well, first I don’t think it was just that referendum caused the change. I believe the state legislature on the House side or the Speaker of the House proffered a motion that came over to the Senate, and the Democrats in the Senate wanted a paper trail measure added to it with reference to the change of the date. So the change of the date took place inside the legislature with the Governor’s approval and not on a state-wide referendum. But most assuredly the fact of the previous primary, the fact of the optical scan and other machines had a hand it, but the decision was more a political decision than one based on just on the machines.  http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3Bwell%2C-first-i-don%2526amp%3Brsquo%3Bt-think-it-was-just-referendum-caused-change.-i-believe Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:40:15 -0500 Jodi Breisler 1429 at http://askyourlawmaker.org What Americans want is to make sure they have choices like their Members of Congress have. Members of Congress have private health care choices. And with the Healthy Americans Act we have now been able to get a significant group of senators, both Republicans and Democrats, to show that for the amount of money that’s being spent on health care today, according to the budget experts, it’s possible for all Americans to have similar choices.Reporter Todd Zwillich: I don’t know if it was caucus wide, but the platform of some Democrats was to get people bought into that program before this upcoming election. Why hasn’t Congress managed to loosen some of the reigns on FEHBP so far?Wyden: There are a number of questions about what some of the costs would be, and that is why I thought it was important to address the changes that drive the behavior in American health care. And then you do that, we now have proof from the Congressional Budget Office, the independent experts, that for the amount of money you spend today, all Americans can have choices like their Members of Congress have, and I think that is what the driving part of this whole discussion is all about when it comes to Members of Congress and federal workers.*NOTE:** Sen. Ron Wyden is a member of Finance Committee and sponsor of the Healthy Americans Act, which proposes to enroll individuals in FEHBP http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3Bwhat-americans-want-make-sure-they-have-choices-their-members-congress-have.-member Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:48:28 -0500 Todd Zwillich 1422 at http://askyourlawmaker.org Well, to begin with the military spending as a percentage of the federal budget is less than it used to be. The biggest part of the federal spending is entitlement spending, that’s 60 percent and military spending represents about 15 percent. So I would think their question should have been: “Should we cut domestic spending in non-military accounts?” Since the first obligation of a federal government is to defend the country. Matt Laslo: But it seems like everyone is afraid of entitlements – do you see any political will…? Gregg: Well, we’re gonna have to face up to them because they are going to overwhelm our capacity to pay for them pretty soon.**NOTE***: Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) is the ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3Bwell%2C-begin-military-spending-percentage-federal-budget-less-it-used-be.-biggest-pa Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:59:43 -0500 Matt Laslo 1403 at http://askyourlawmaker.org