David and Shelia Jackson have concerns about their country — health care and privacy rights being chief among them.
Those concerns are part of the reason that led them to Wednesday’s Rome town hall meeting with U.S. Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ranger.
“Government’s too big,” David Jackson said as he waited for Graves to arrive at the Rome Senior Citizens Center. “Our personal freedoms are being threatened.”
Graves fielded questions from some 70 attendees at the town hall. Most of them centered on the representative’s efforts to defund Obamacare, formally called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Graves has submitted a bill that seeks to stop Obamacare’s funding. He said he believes its chances of becoming law are realistic.
“I’m here to tell you tonight — there’s no need to shut the government down. We should fund the government, but we don’t need to fund Obamacare,” he said.
The bill must be passed in the House of Representatives and the Senate, then signed by President Barack Obama before it became law.
“It’s his choice,” Graves said later of Obama signing the bill.
Some attendees asked if Graves had enough support in the House for his bill’s passage. One woman whose business deals with Medicare patients said she’s already seen Obamacare’s negative effects.
Graves fielded several questions about Obamacare, but attendees also asked about privacy concerns, the IRS and immigration.
via RN-T.com – Graves talks Obamacare at town hall meeting with constituents.
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