Rep. Tom McClintock will be at the Grass Valley Veterans Hall Friday night for a health care town hall.
After a man had his finger bitten off in a town hall in Thousand Oaks Wednesday night, the national furor over health care will continue its series of forums tonight with Rep. Tom McClintock hosting his third of four scheduled town halls at Grass Valley’s Veterans Hall.
“I’ll make a five-minute presentation on health care and the general financial condition of the nation, and then we’ll open it up for questions,” McClintock said.
The congressman said “emotions ran high,” at a similar meeting in Granite Bay Wednesday night but he did not expect trouble here. Most people in the Granite Bay audience were against President Obama’s proposed changes but were respectful of divergent views, he said.
“I believe most people are concerned about their country,” McClintock said. “We’re all Americans, we’re all in this together. People were respectful in Granite Bay, I don’t know why it would be any different in Grass Valley.”
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Douglas Keachie
/ September 4, 2009I have one simple question.
Why not take away all medical care for Congress and the President and the Supremes, and let them get what is available to Joe Average Public? Just think, they can have their choice of all available plans, free to be just like you and me. Why should they be any better than the average citizen? If I’m not there to ask it, please do so for me.
Ask him to describe the benefits for both health and retirement that are available to Congresspeople. It’s a real eye opener.