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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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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Biggest takeaway from this session was the crowd’s frustration on impeachment, health care and climate change. Things got rowdy at a few points, but I saw no one ejected. Asked some follow-up questions of
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One story down. One more to write tonight. Lot of action in politics today. I’ll get you the link as soon as it’s live.
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Here’s the
@OWHnews story from@RepDonBacon’s town hall today in east#Omaha. Thanks again for following all those tweets.https://www.omaha.com/news/local/omaha-town-hall-crowd-questions-bacon-on-trump-impeachment-climate/article_75de6929-385d-5cd6-84e4-a51ec97893b9.html …Prikaži ovu nit
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