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    An in employer in N.Y.C. owes me $610.00. Can I stand in front of their shop on the sidewalk and hand out flyers to let the public know what they did to me, without being arrested? Richard Krell ~ krelldetails@nyc.rr.com More

    Asked 6 weeks 3 days ago of All U.S. Congress
    by Richard Krell from New York, NY

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    An in employer in N.Y.C. owes me $610.00. Can I stand in front of their shop on the sidewalk and hand out flyers to let the public know what they did to me, without being arrested? Richard Krell ~ krelldetails@nyc.rr.com More

    Asked 6 weeks 3 days ago of All U.S. Congress
    by Richard Krell from New York, NY

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  • Question:

    Should the federal government require schools to teach nutrition?

    Asked by: goat from Brooklyn, NY. Received 13 Votes.
    Categories: Agriculture · Consumer · Economy · Education · Energy · Environment · Globalization · Health · Immigration · Rural · Technology.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

    Nutrition education we already do within health classes. When my kids were in kindergarten or 1st Grade, and how many grains and how many dairies, so nutrition education, yes. One of the other questions to be asked is, is it the federal government’s role to tell schools what they should be doing within the choices that are available within a school. We need to keep in mind that within the past 40 some-odd years, we’ve been doing that within the school lunch program. We have set the standards within school lunches and we say there are standards that need to be met.

    Answered on Mar 19th, 2008 More

  • Question:

    Should the federal government require schools to teach nutrition?

    Asked by: goat from Brooklyn, NY. Received 13 Votes.
    Categories: Agriculture · Consumer · Economy · Education · Energy · Environment · Globalization · Health · Immigration · Rural · Technology.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)

    Well first of all, it’s not up the federal government to mandate what schools teach. I would never want to intrude on the local jurisdiction of schools to decide who they hire, who the fire, what books use. That’s not the role of the federal government. But I do think the role of the federal government is, as long as we’re providing school lunches and school breakfasts and food in schools, that we ought to be able to say what foods would be allowed in those schools.

    Answered on Mar 19th, 2008 More

  • Question:

    Would you be willing to put limits on usurious rates being charged by credit card companies in order to stimulate consumer spending?

    Asked by: Kurt Christensen from Westminster, MD. Received 1 Vote.
    Categories: Consumer · Economy · Money & Politics. Tags: consumer lending · economic stimulus · sub-prime loans.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

    When I was in the House, I was on the financial services committee. And the answer to your question is yes, and we’re working on that legislation. Right now because of the collapse of the middle class and the increase of poverty, you’re finding large numbers of American families who when they go to the grocery story, are buying groceries on a credit card. And despite the fact they are paying their bills every single month, the credit card companies are charging them 25, 28 percent interest rate. That is absolutely outrageous and a rip-off that cannot be tolerated.

    Answered on Feb 20th, 2008 More

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