2010-06-21T13:20:35Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/comments/300027 2010-06-21T13:20:35Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-06-21:/comment/199290 plmcdowelltx1 When you held the position of the Attorney General of Texas your office was absolutely no help to help to me while I was trying to recover the more than $18K my exhusband owed me in back child support for my oldest daugther. Now you are a US Senator, once again your office is of no assistance. I am now raising two young children and have been unemployed for more than a year. The $392 I draw each week in unemployment is the only reason we are not homeless! I have worked, paid taxes and social security for more than 30 years. I am 25 years away from being able to draw social security, for which I am sure I will never see a dime due to government's overspending and I'm not talking about overspending on unemployment extensions! I have also been a lifelong Republican but not anymore. You and Kay Bailey Hutchinson will both receive a nay vote from me come re-election time and hopefully from everyone else I can convince to do the same! 2010-03-18T19:22:38Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-03-18:/comment/189245 Chadevic I have to respond to that pathetic assumtion that people would not work if they get unemployment insurance. Do you know that they only receive a max of $314 a week. Could you live and support a family on that? In order to get that amount, the typical person would have to have had a job pay $40000 a year. I don't think that getting $314 a week would solve ribs persons problems. Please be careful before casting broad opinions without thinking through all facts. 2010-07-07T18:29:51Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-07-07:/comment/203672 sharibear This extention on unemployment has to be passed. I'am an American and have been unemployed since dec 2009.I look for work almost everyday with no luck at all!This is the first time in my 42 yrs of life that I havent had a job.An American born and raised in here, who needs your help! I have finished my 28 weeks of unemployment, and have no teir 1 or extention to help me with my bills.THIS BILL ON JULY 12TH NEEDS TO BE PASSED IMMEDIATELY!Or I go on the street to live. Vote yes! I thank you for your attention on this matter. 2010-01-01T20:36:00Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-01-01:/comment/180235 ashlung06 We need food safety laws to protect the food we are eating! 2010-01-06T13:50:50Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-01-06:/comment/180842 baylorfrawg We have food safely laws. Perhaps you should be a little more specific. 2010-01-06T14:01:30Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-01-06:/comment/180845 baylorfrawg As I can appreciate your situation, I feel you are being pretty unreasonable. How many extensions would be reasonable? What do you feel would be appropriate amount of time to pay someone to not work? Now, I can assume your husband is not one of the minority of people who would gladly not work forever if they received unemployment benefits indefinitely. There are many other ways to get your husband back to working. Those avenues however, are not suitable to the current administration. Senator Cornyn would gladly lower income tax rates on businesses and individuals to help drive hiring and spending. But since, according to Congress, business are evil, they must be taxes. Businesses pay all of our bills. Not the government. Senator Cornyn is on your side. 2010-07-12T13:28:19Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-07-12:/comment/204596 nuspirits For the working man, Really? What about the man who worked all his life and now can not find a job? What about the woman who has a degree and still can not find a job. Me and my wife are far from "criminals" and/or people who take advantage of the system (you know the lazy scum bags that you seem to make us unemployed look like). Went to school, worked hard, got a home, had a family and now it is being taken away, why you say? Because of the arrogance of the silver spoon Senators who will not implement anything to help us out (you know the ones who voted for you). I have not even got to tier one and my benefits were taken away, at least have the heart to give EVERYONE the same chance of looking for work with out becoming homeless in the process (which we are about a week away from being with out a place to live...our saving only lasted us a few months and it has been total of 4 with out any luck in finding work. 2009-11-04T02:50:50Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-04:/comment/161038 x684867 Yeah... and S. 2582 ("A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain knit-to-shape pullovers for women or girls") is not just another example of why the US Congress is NOT more out of touch with the people? ...How about a biennial Congress, Big John? How many tax dollars could you save there if we weren't supporting the "congressional welfare" system year-round? 2010-02-03T12:03:53Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-03:/comment/183331 DOUGLASFIELD SENATOR, NOW THAT THE PEOPLES U.S.CONGRESS HAS DOCUMENTED OUR UNJUST AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM,HAVE YOU HEARD IF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT KNOWS WHERE AND WHEN WE CAN ALL WATCH THESE POSSIBLE WRONGFUL EXECUTIONS TAKE PLACE ? TROY DAVIS & MUMIA ABU ~JAMAL ~ ARE HAVING PRAYERS FOR JUSTICE SAID FOR THEM WORLD~WIDE ..WE CAN ALL ONLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT EVERYONE IN OUR U.S.CONGRESS THAT KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS HOW UNJUST OUR U.S JUDICIAL SYSTEM CAN BE WITH OUR POORER AMERICANS,BECOMES ACTIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA AND MUMIA ABU~JAMAL OF PENNSYLVANIA RECEIVE FAIR AND JUST TRIALS BEFORE ANY POSSIBLE WRONGFUL EXECUTIONS TAKE PLACE. LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS IS A WWW VOLUNTEEER LOBBY THAT SINGS OUT FOR OUR MIDDLE~CLASS AND WORKING POOR AMERICANS. WE CAN BE FOUND WITH ANY SEARCH ENGINE BY OUR NAME OR TELEPHONE NUMBER.(424-247-2013) * MANY MORE IN OUR U.S. CONGRESS ARE NOW FINDNG OUT THE TRUTH OTHER THEN SENATOR WEBB AND THOSE OTHERS IN THE NOW... IN CONGRESS 2008-07-07T17:30:41Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-07:/comment/32778 bsolution Senator Cornyn is for the working man with the American Dream. Those who work should keep most of their rewards not give them up so some liberal can buy votes from some lazy scumbag. 2010-06-21T00:10:17Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-06-21:/comment/199181 AnnaSchaefer You and the rest of the Republicans are so transparent! President Obama, as well as us Americans, know what you are doing. Stalling and not voting on what the people want and need in this country. Do the job you were elected to do, and start voting! Your tactics in stalling is only going to back fire on you all. Show our President some respect. How you treat him, is a reflection on how you treat us Americans. We may have been fooled in the past, but not anymore! We The People have spoken by electing President Obama into office. We need change and we need it now! And quit blaming President Obama for the disaster in the Gulf. Enough is enough! 2010-06-22T19:31:26Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-06-22:/comment/199482 dankennedy73 You might as well give it up, Idiots don't bother to research any facts like you obviously do. 2010-06-28T17:18:30Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-06-28:/comment/200869 ayk7795 It time for some body else 2010-06-28T19:29:19Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-06-28:/comment/200941 Revolution You are a disgrace to your country and should be embarrassed to have the UNITED STATES in front of your title.4th of July is upon us-it reminds us of history and how the people can come together to make a difference.I hope you and your family meet the same outcome as the 15,000,000+ unemployed.You turned your back on the Citizens by playing games and stupid antics.Assistance needs to be offered to ease the minds of the families and allow continued dignity no matter the cost. You spend OUR money like water and the American people MUST and SHOULD be priority one! "As good government is an empire of laws, how shall your laws be made? In a large society,inhabiting an extensive country,it is impossible that the whole should assemble to make laws. The first necessary step, then,is to depute power from the many to a few of the most wise and good." John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776 Obviously we dont have the few wise and good in the senate-but we have the power to change that. 2010-04-26T11:33:47Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-04-26:/comment/194481 DOUGLASFIELD DEAR SENATOR, ~ SHOULD POORER AMERICANS HAVE FAITH THAT OUR U.S. SUPREME COURT IS WELL AWARE THAT AMERICAN PESTIGE INTERNATIONALLY IS VERY MUCH BASED ON HOW WELL WE TREAT OUR OWN CITIZENS~ *** U.S. SUPREME COURT TO THE RESCUE OF MIDDLE~CLASS AND WORKING POOR AMERICANS OR IS THIS JUST ANOTHER BAD DREAM THAT REAL JUSTICE WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO NOT BE AFFORDED US LITTLE PEOPLE HERE IN THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD ?? ** MIDDLE~CLASS AND WORKING POOR RELIGIOUS AMERICANS REST OUR CASE AGAINST GOVERNOR RICK PERRY OF TEXAS & SATAN ~ YOUR U.S. SUPREME COURT HONOR'S !!! ** CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN OTHER THEN SATAN HOW TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY ON ONE HAND PARDONS FORMER TEXAS INMATE TIMOTHY COLE WHO WAS WRONGFULLY EXECUTED WITHOUT BEING ALLOWED TO EXONERATE HIMSELF USING DNA TESTING IN TEXAS , AND WITHIN THE SAME MONTH THIS SAME GOVERNOR RICK PERRY OF TEXAS DENIES YET ANOTHER DNA TEST PRIOR ANOTHER POSSIBLE WRONGFUL EXECUTION OF HANK SKINNER ??? 2009-09-17T07:44:21Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-17:/comment/127311 Kythas How could Sen. Cornyn have voted for this bill when it hasn't come to a vote in the Senate? This was a House bill, not a Senate bill. 2009-02-11T14:31:44Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-02-11:/comment/85744 USAF09 This is for every one that voted for BO. The so called Stimulus bill will cause welfare spending to increase more than 20% rising from $491 billion in FY2008 to $601 billion in FY2009.This would be the largest expansion of welfare in the nation's history. I guess this is only the beginning of Obama's pledge to "Joe the Plumber" to "spread the wealth around". The basic goal of the stimulus is spreading the wealth, not reviving the economy. It will only add a growing number of people dependent on the government. It is leading us towards a Socialist economy which means the end of prosperity, any personal dreams, individual initiative ( why work we have welfare), and a complete CHANGE to the AMERICA we have known. 2010-07-02T09:34:00Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-07-02:/comment/203125 dankennedy73 Becuase most Texanzs who vote are brainwashed conservatives, and most texans who are not conservative do not vote becuase they either see no point or they are fed up with everything. Either way it's the same story. I live in Texas right now and I am ashamed to call most of the people I run into here all the time 'fellow Americans.' They are uneducated, almost fanatically religiouls, and they constantly praise Bush, Rush Limbuagh, Glen Beck, and Ann Coulter as the wisest people of their day. That's how idiots like Cornyn get elected. 2010-07-02T09:46:11Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-07-02:/comment/203126 dankennedy73 How about ones that are actually enforced and work to protect our fellow Americans. I believe the FDA needs an 'overhaul' in terms of legislation. there is too much stuff they let slip through that is killing Americans without them even knowing it might be dangerous. 2009-08-24T17:42:15Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-08-24:/comment/121205 x60pilot Hi FISH, so how is that stimulus working for you now? Have you seen the latest CBO (non-partisan) figures on the DEBT Bary's runnin' up? 9.0 TRILLION over the next 10 years!!! Yeah, I know it's all Bush's fault. While we have our share of loosers, Snowe, Spectre, to name a couple, the Republicans want to put a stop to the run-away "Obama Administration Spending."