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Bacon: This February, we're going to take time to recognize Black History Month. We should be building a museum to honor our local history of civil rights and Malcolm X. Think we could find some private partners to help.
Constituent Peter (in a MAGA hat) asked Bacon about USMCA. Bacon: New jobs and a 5 percent increase in exports. We have 85 percent of the world's pivot irrigation sales in this district. 1 of 4 jobs in Omaha is tied to ag.
Bacon: We have had two or three years of low prices. That was less tax money coming in. Had to make cuts to the university and more. Now we're seeing an increase in tax money coming in. That's a positive.
Constituent Nathan asks you say you're a conservative, but deficits are up and you cut taxes.
Bacon: We did not have a decline in revenues because of the tax bill. When you look at the source of the problem, it's not tax revenues. Discretionary spending is up slightly. We had to offer spending on discretionary to get the military spending.
Bacon: A large increase in mandatory spending, life expectancy going up. We have to have some discussions about tweaks to entitlement programs. We could make some changes to shore those up. But we have to have the discussion.
Bacon: We do need, as our state has, a balanced budget in the constitution. Forces the unicameral and governor to make the hard choices when the budget is tight. It will force the Congress and the president. (Constituent: We hired you to make those tough choices.)
Constituent asks about #2A. Bacon: "The Second Amendment is non-negotiable."
Bacon: Overall gun violence has declined over the past 30-plus years. We've seen an increase in mass shootings. I will always defend the 99 percent who are law-abiding citizens. We should not take away their rights. There are some things we can do.
Bacon: We had Officer Kerrie Orozco who was murdered with a weapon bought by someone who could legally buy it and handed it to someone who had no business having a firearm. I'd be for stricter enforcement of straw purchasers. That person didn't spend a day behind bars.
Bacon: I also want to put the law enforcement databases together, intelligence on someone who's had 45 phone calls on someone who's been a threat. We have to fuse data so we know if someone is going to be a problem.
Bacon: We need to find ways to notify law enforcement when somebody applies to buy a gun and isn't allowed. We should know they're trying.
Mary Jo and Mark Welsh are asking about climate change. Trump has rolled back 90 rules and regs that favor fossil fuels, they say.
Bacon: I agree that there is climate change. We see it in our coastal areas. We have a port that can't use some of its dry docks. You can see evidence of it. I do believe humans impact it. There is also some cyclical change.
Bacon: I support carbon capture from our generating plants and you can use that captured carbon to make products. I like air conditioning. I like heat. It helps us maintain our quality of life. I don't want to import energy from the Middle East or Venezuela. I support natural gas
Bacon: I also support renewables. Omaha is approaching almost 40 percent on renewables. I support things like geothermal, wind, solar. We need the battery storage to do it right. I support research for that.
Bacon: We have reduced our carbon over the past 12 years more than any other country. We're actually leading the world in reducing carbon because we're basing it on technology and the free-market system.
Bacon: I respect you. I just think carbon taxes are not the way to go. We'll increase the price to fly to New York. People aren't going to pay $800-900 a ticket. We'd increase the price of putting gas in their cars. The price of heating their home.
Bacon: I agree with the goal. I just want to do it smartly, in a way that doesn't threaten people's quality of life.
Mary Jo is asking a follow-up about the Trump administration's rollbacks. Voorhees: Her question, if you can't here, is President Trump is destroying the environment, what are you going to do about it?
Bacon: We're leading the world in carbon reduction. On mining, there has to be a balance. There's a balance here we're trying to find. Fracking has provided natural gas that burns cleaner than coal by far. This gas phenomenon is why we're seeing success in carbon.
Bacon: We gotta be careful because these things get distorted. President recently tried to streamline permits for environmental to build or widen a road. He wants to get this down to 2 years. If we can't get a permit done in 2 years.
Bacon: In 2012, we were told FEMA said you need to raise levees 2 feet. We came up with the money, a cost share plan, with layers of government. The Army Corps took 5.5 years to approve a permit. Could've done it in time. We had the floods. Now we have billions in damage.
Welsch is saying we're in a climate emergency. What are you working on that will cut CO2 as much as scientists say we have to. 75 percent of us would not be harmed by this, he says. We'd be paid monthly.
Bacon: The average citizen theoretically should not be hurt. That's the more amenable plan of all the plans I've seen out there. I again am not a believer that the federal government is going to take billions and billions and continue giving this back. They will take this.
Bacon: My other fear is that sticker shock will keep people from making purchases they otherwise might. As carbon plans go, I'm most amenable to yours than anyone's. It's about changing our lives.
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