More Than 1,000 Constituents Participate in Rep. Fletcher’s Telephone Town Hall
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One caller asked
In response to a question on election security:
"The first thing this
In response to a question on border security:
"What we need to do is make sure that anyone who presents themselves at our border is treated with dignity and respect and with an acknowledgement of our common humanity. And the stories that we've all heard, especially over the last month, have really tested that. To find out that there are people waiting for days without a shower, who don't have enough room to lie down at night, who are under lights 24 hours a day, people who are sleeping under bridges, there really are real challenges facing everyone who is addressing this crisis.
"And this is why we voted in the House two weeks ago now for the emergency supplemental appropriations for humanitarian assistance and security at the southern border. It passed the House by about a 3-1 margin and it provides four and half billion dollars in emergency supplemental appropriations to federal departments and agencies for humanitarian assistance. It was a compromise bill, it was not the original bill that passed out of the House, but I voted for it because I think it's critical to get the assistance to the border right away."
In response to a question on energy and the environment:
"There are a lot of questions about what our overall energy future looks like, and I'm working hard to develop a long-range plan that I think works. But in
"So I think that there are some really great opportunities for us to continue to lead, but we have to invest in the science. I voted last week to support the
In response to a question on health care and private insurance:
"We've passed 10 pieces of legislation bringing down the cost of healthcare, cost of prescription drugs, and addressing kind of at the federal level things we can do to bring costs down. But I don't think that the answer is to eliminate private health insurance."
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