How To Protect The Great Lakes

The United States legislative system is composed of three parts, the House of Representatives, the senate, and the president. The president is elected to represent the whole United States. The senate is composed of one- hundred people which equals two representatives from each state. Lastly, there is the House of Representative which is composed of four hundred and thirty -five members. The number of people representing each state in the House of Representatives changes based on the state’s population size. Then they will elect one person from each district of the state to make up the representatives in the house. For example, let us look at Michigan. Michigan is composed of sixteen districts giving itself sixteen representatives in the house.
One of the concerns is the great lakes and working towards protecting them from invasive species as well as keeping them cleaned up. Currently, the invasive species in the great lakes are zebra mussels, sea lamprey, and types of plants. There is not a way to get these invasive species out of the great lakes; however, we can work towards preventing more from getting in. Right now a major concern for the great lakes is to keep Asian Carp from entering the great lakes. Currently, there is a small fence in place that is stopping them; however, to protect the great lakes and Michigan’s economy that depends on the great lakes Bergman must work to propose stronger methods that would keep the Asian Carp out of our waters for good. Another issue concerning the first district is employment. Northern Michigan depends on the factories that are currently in Michigan to survive and outsourcing of factories would negatively impact the economy. Therefore, Bergman needs to work towards bringing jobs back to Michigan and persuading companies to stop outsourcing their production lines. Persuading companies to not outsource their factories for cheaper manual labor in other countries, Bergman will be reducing Michigan’s unemployment rate and stabilizing the economy of the first congressional district. Lastly, the concerns regarding the
Starting in the Eighteen- Hundreds, Michigan had been Democratic for about ten years spreading from 1843 to 1855. Then Michigan had gone republican for about another twenty years ranging from 1855 to 1875. Then, Michigan went back and forth between being democratic and republican every three to five years up until March 4th, 1993 where it had been conquered by the Democratic party and had remained that way until the two-thousand and ten election where district one swung the other way becoming republican for the first time in many years. Now, district one has been represented by the Republican party ever since the victory in two-thousand ten and it remains that way today. The voters of district one has remained true to the identification of their representative in the house and has been continuing to remain republican. (ballotpedia.org) As district one’s representative, Jack Bergman serves on many committees as well as leads a few. Jack Bergman sits on the House Committee for Veterans Affairs and the house committee on the budget. Bergman is also the chairman on the subcommittee for oversights and investigations, as well as a member on the subcommittee for disability assistance and memorial affairs, and is a member on the subcommittee on oversights and investigations. (govtrack.us) As district one’s representative, Bergman is involved in many