Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, member of Congress, and fellow Americans:
I am here today to address to you my goals of my second term and for this server. In the last month and 7 days, we have accumulated a total of 427 members in this server. I would like to thank @don and the other server staff who have worked on hard on building this server and thank everyone who has participated in it. Since I have been president, we have been able to achieve a lot of things in a short matter of time. We have passed healthcare reform with a public option. We have passed 7 bills on climate to help prevent the crisis of climate change. We have also passed many reforms on criminal justice, the economy, and education. With all of this in mind, we still have more work to do.
My first goal is to continue on our progress on healthcare. With the newly created healthcare reform caucus, i challenge them to create a new healthcare reform bill. I would like to see more coverage and access under Medicare and lower the eligibilty to 55. I also think we need to add on the public option bill and make sure people are getting good coverage at an affordable price. In the last state of the union address, I said I would be open for compromises with the Republican aisle.
My second goal is to find ways to balance our budget. I announced today that I am looking for 2 CBO administrators. I will pick a republican and a democrat. They will analyze our currently passed legislation and give a fair estimate of where our current deficit is. Once we have this information, we can work on more reforms to lower the deficit.
My third goal is to improve education. We have not done much in this Congress on education. We still have a lot of inequality in the education system. I will be working on legislation with my Secretary of Economic Affairs on improving the education system we currently have.
My fourth and final goal is going to be to continue improving this server. This server has gone through a lot of growth and changes. We don't all agree on everything but I think we all want this server to improve. I will be working with the server staff on recruiting more people. We also need to improve on our discussions. A lot of time debates can get heated and then turn personal. Please remeber that everyone here is human and that we need to treat each other with respect. Whether someone is right wing, left wing, libertarian, or socialist. We all deserve respect and treat each other fairly. This is required or the server won't survive.
Again, thank you for being invovled with this server and I hope everyone is enjoying it. Please check out the #virtual-congress-website if you haven't already.
Mister Speaker, Members of Congress, and the Supreme Court.
I would like to thank everyone who has joined this server since last Tuesday and look forward to working with everyone in the coming weeks and months ahead. I am the first president of Virtual Congress, and we have a lot of work to do. I hope we also have a lot of fun in the process.
In this server, all laws before the 11th exist here. Any laws in real life that passes after, do not affect this server nor does it become law in our server. So now, we get to set our own agenda.
So far I have created 6 new executive orders. My first executive order was to lift a disgraceful ban on transgenders from serving the military. The second executive order was to halt all arm sales to Saudi Arabia until they fix their human rights abuses. The third was to order Interior department to no longer lease public lands for oil exploitation. My most recent executive order was to recognize on the federal level the anti science practice of conversion therapy and to work with HHS on find ways we can enforce certain laws to fight conversion therapy. My fifth was to train border patrol agents to fight human trafficking. My sixth was to re-commit the US to the Paris Climate Accord.
Here are the following proposals that I will be working on with Congress in the next term. Healthcare is a top issue in the voters minds. I would like to see Virtual Congress bring back the individual mandate with a public option that automatically signs up anyone who is uninsured in this country. We need everyone insured to keep costs down. I am willing to have a meeting with Republican leadership on any compromises.
My second priority is the budget. I will be proposing budget resolutions for each department in the next week. I will be proposing decreases to military spending. I will also be proposing changes to our revenue system and some cuts to DEA in Justice Department.
My third priority will be criminal justice reform. The first step act was passed this year and as it was a good and bipartisan bill, there are still more that needs to be done. I will be proposing grants for local and state police to use cameras for more transparency to protect the citizen and the cop. I will also be proposing reforms to cash bail. I also think it’s time that we pass major reforms on drugs that changes it from a criminal issue to a public health issue.
My fourth priority will be the economy. The stock market and GDP look good on paper but the fact is that people are still feeling disconnected from the so called “great economy”. I want to see infrastructure be a priority to provide more jobs and to compete with the rest of the world. It’s also time to give back power to labor unions to negotiate with their companies. While we’re at it, we should give Americans a raise and raise the minimum wage.
I want and will discuss all of these issues with everyone and looking forward to the next month ahead. Virtual Congress is new but has a lot of potential and so far it has been fun. Thank you for reading.