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?
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Bacon: There's only two or three areas where we agree on increasing spending. We agree to spend more at NIH to research Alzheimers and more.
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Constituent Jean asking why if the constitution bans quid pro-quo it's OK for Trump. Bacon: We could talk about process. The aid destined for Ukraine was sent within the time the law required. You can critique the president for delaying it up to 45 days. The aid got there.
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Bacon: There was no investigation of the Bidens in Ukraine. President Zelensky said he felt no pressure. You can critique the fact that this aid was put on hold for a month and a half, and it got there in a month and a half with no investigation of the Bidens.
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Bacon: My whole point is this is not an impeachable offense. It should be determined by the voters. (People got into a little screaming match defending the Bidens.)
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Bacon: I'm not saying that President Obama broke the law. (Crowd member says he didn't trade it for a favor.) Jean says she wants a fair election, not bought for or influenced.
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Elizabeth Draper asks your HR 19 to lower prescription drug prices but why don't you support ACA. Bacon: I support portions of the ACA, including pre-existing conditions. I want to make sure people with diabetes have coverage that is fairly priced.
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Bacon: Problem is we have real estate agents and farmers paying too much, 20k a year for health insurance. We have to find a way to help people who earn too much to earn support. We need to protect pre-existing coverage. We want kids on their health plans.
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(Bacon has voted to repeal Obamacare, but has often said he would support protections for pre-existing.)
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Bacon: We had a bill that had some bipartisan agreement. It's been hard to get it out of the House. The speaker won't let it out. She supports a price-fixing plan that in the end will reduce research.
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Bacon: I supported a replacement, so you can't say that's all I've done.
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Someone is asking about the Mueller investigation. Bacon: There were four FISA warrants on Carter Page. They used a political dossier for all four of them. We did a wiretap on a Trump campaign person based off a political dossier.
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Bacon: Those last two, they still used it. We should never use the FBI to go after political opponents. We shouldn't use the IRS either. Constituent: Should we be able to use a foreign government as a tool? Bacon: He says he has criticized Trump in the World-Herald.
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Bacon: I don't think we should let foreign governments interfere in our elections. Do you think Biden's son should have a million dollar job? Asked by constituent about bribery, he said bribery wasn't in the impeachment articles. Bacon: I don't think a law was broken.
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Constituent with transgender kid wants to know how he can protect religious right's rights and not infringe on others. Bacon: I'm for fair hiring for everybody, but we have to have some protections for religious employers and for transgender folks perhaps in places like jails.
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Bacon: Everybody should be treated fairly and humanely. But the laws teed up in Congress don't just treat people fairly. They include jails and shelters. By law, I support everybody's rights. I would've supported the equality bill but for the jails and shelters.
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Constituent asks about Keystone. Bacon: I have been a supporter of the Keystone pipeline. There's always risk in anyway you transport fuels. I believe in energy independence. You can't eliminate risk, but compared to other options, this is the least risky.
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Bacon: I believe we're better off as a country when we're not dependent on foreign oil.
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Larry Troutman: What more can be done in regard to homeless vets? Bacon: Building partnerships with NIFA on things like Victory Apartments, transition assistance. Increased funding from the VA, public-private partnerships. We know there's a problem and we're trying to address it.
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Constituent asks why can't people use closed bases as shelters for veterans? Bacon: That's a good question.
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Ian asked what bills are coming soon. Bacon: A fusion center bill (this is the database program for law enforcement that Bacon talked about earlier). Makes sure information is being shared. An audit of all the government fusion centers. Some, like in Nebraska, are working well.
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Bacon: Some states have computers in boxes, don't know how to get the info from the FBI. We need expectations and training to make sure these centers are being used effectively. On foster care, I work a lot with a congresswoman from LA.
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Bacon: Foster kids were losing support at 18-19. They didn't have resources available to them. Working with Democrats on extending out that support. We're having some effect there. Need access like veterans for a path forward with a place to stay, housing.
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Bacon: We also need to find ways to help foster kids learn a trade. I'm a three-time foster parents. Those kids were not there for anything that was their fault. I believe big in that.
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Bacon: I also believe in youth fitness. Half our kids don't have PE in school. It's an emergency coming. Risk for type 2 diabetes. We have to get our arms around it. I had three channels. I had to play outside. Support straw purchase act.
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Bacon: We need the House and Senate to come together. We need to embrace Sen. Kamala Harris' bill. Working hard to get folks to adopt the Senate bill that makes lynching a hate crime.
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Thank you for following along. I need to go talk to him. Bacon: What I love about our country is we don't have to agree. We can debate. We are Americans first. And thank God we got the ballot box where we can work this out in a legal way.
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Here’s one of him speaking. Was tweeting too fast to get it out.pic.twitter.com/hdO5mfMNqh
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