for republicans. 202-748-8001 for democrats and independents, 202-748-8002. 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 illinois s 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 fo
as commander-in-chief. showing this country that democrats are the party of making america strong overseas and safe here at home. to takebeen running back patriotism from the republican party. we all know in this room, true patriotism is not hugging the flag. like donald trump likes to do. it is fighting for what the flag represents. [applause] we have put forward the most ambitious call to national service in a generation. young all 33 million americans to consider serving here at home to tackle the biggest challenges of today, like climate change. helped me faceas a few of my own fears. for the first time in my life i talk publicly about dealing with post-traumatic stress from my combat tours in iraq. about how i sought help for post-traumatic stress. help that has made me a better public servant. a better husband, and a better father. our team put forward a plan that will end the stigma around mental health. that kept every presidential candidate before me from talking abo
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 i m 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 he s very concerned about t
focus on that issue because our country is labeled as a country that does not keep its promises to any country s health. host: john in new york, democrats line. you re n.e.c. top issue for your member of congress. caller: hi, good morning. i ve been pretty active for several years visiting veterans in the veterans house near me. and they re very frustrated with the fact seniority care and they had to speak up about it. but all i got out of it was retaliation. i ve contacted my congressman and senators about it and i didn t get anywhere, you know. host: when you say you didn t get anywhere, elaborate on that, how did that conversation go? caller: like the last call i got, oh, they re 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 don t believe me, go send somebody down there and ee these conditions these peo
in the veterans house near me. and they re very frustrated with the fact seniority care and they had to speak up about it. but all i got out of it was retaliation. i ve contacted my congressman and senators about it and i didn t get anywhere, you know. host: when you say you didn t get anywhere, elaborate on that, how did that conversation go? caller: like the last call i got, oh, they re 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 don t 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. we ll 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 life s first place and the whole constitution of th