For republicans. 2027488001 for democrats and independents, 2027488002. If you want to post on social media, you can do so at it or cspanwj and on our you can orso at twitter at cspanwj our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Some of the topics being discussed at those meetings. If you go to the website wglt. Com, a forum held by rodney davis. Infrastructure was one of the top issues. The representative from illinoiss 13th district is pushing for passage of the federal highway bill. About 80 of the construction project on the interstates that may back you up in traffic for a federal taxd for by dollars. We will reauthorize the highway bill, adding that he does not believe in a federal gas tax paying for infrastructure. The story says he was not not specific in proposing ways for. To pay for improvements going to new jersey, frank pallone, the democrat from that state addressing folks on an august 15 town hall meeting. Several discussions taking place during that forum adding it was in
Philadelphia enquirer and did a recent story looking at andy kim of new jersey and the topic of impeachment and joins us via skype. Good morning to you. Guest good morning. Host can you set up the context of the town hall and how impeachment played into the discussion . Guest andy kim beat a republican in the midterms. He flipped that seat, tom mcarthur, a trump alive republican in new jersey, tom mcarthur held one town hall where he had been criticized pretty harshly over health care and never held a town hall after that. And andy kim said im holing a lot of town halls and kept that promise. This was the 10th town hall. A firehouse in burlington township, new jersey, suburb of philadelphia. He held one before where he had a lot of questions about impeachment but the feeling he had going to this was that town all and after robert newlier testified and thought it would be of interest to the district. He started out talking about the economy and hes very concerned about the indicator as
Focus on that issue because our country is labeled as a country that does not keep its promises to any countrys health. Host john in new york, democrats line. Youre n. E. C. Top issue for your member of congress. Caller hi, good morning. Ive been pretty active for several years visiting veterans in the veterans house near me. And theyre very frustrated with the fact seniority care and they had to speak up about it. But all i got out of it was retaliation. Ive contacted my congressman and senators about it and i didnt get anywhere, you know. Host when you say you didnt get anywhere, elaborate on that, how did that conversation go . Caller like the last call i got, oh, theyre going to look into it. Nd turned out that nothing happened. They passed the buck. They passed it on over. Go see this other guy or that counselor or Something Else. Nothing in the evidence about it. I said look, if you dont believe me, go send somebody down there and ee these conditions these people are living in. B
In the veterans house near me. And theyre very frustrated with the fact seniority care and they had to speak up about it. But all i got out of it was retaliation. Ive contacted my congressman and senators about it and i didnt get anywhere, you know. Host when you say you didnt get anywhere, elaborate on that, how did that conversation go . Caller like the last call i got, oh, theyre going to look into it. Nd turned out that nothing happened. They passed the buck. They passed it on over. Go see this other guy or that counselor or Something Else. Nothing in the evidence about it. I said look, if you dont believe me, go send somebody down there and ee these conditions these people are living in. But still, best of luck. Host republican line from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. Well hear from george. George in pittsburgh. Hello. Caller hello. I think the top issue is not even being addressed is profit. How profits have taken lifes first place and the whole constitution of the United States is su
Everybody getting drunk and beligerant. There was one parade related stabbing that stemmed from a fight. It pretty much went off without a hitch. A sentiment echoed by andre p purnell. It was a great, great amading tribute. He stood shoulder to shoulder with the masses. The planning was nice, there was still knuckle heads, but overall i still give it an a. And i asked the mayor if he would do anything different hopefully next year, and he said he wouldnt. There was one big problem though. On broad and chestnut street, a septa bus blocked the view as they rolled through with the parade and people had been waiting for a long time for that. Jason kelces speech and outfit is still what people are talking about today. The Police Department joked on facebook that someone gave their uniform prototype for kelce for the parade. As for the how many people attended the pa trade, the city says they wont know for a few days. They say the initial estimate is 10,000 riders per hour and you can see th