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Friday, June 29th, 2007
Last night, I hosted a very successful telephone townhall meeting with citizens in Cobb County. Tele-townhalls are a new way I’m working to communicate with residents of Georgia’s 11th District and hear their thoughts on today’s pressing issues. Here’s how it works: each month, I choose a county and place phone calls to the residents who live there. I invite them to join in a live, toll-free tele-townhall meeting, and then conduct the meeting over the telephone. Those who are listening can ask me questions or share their thoughts on a particular issue.
So far this year, we’ve called Floyd, Chattooga, Bartow, Paulding, Cobb, Polk, Haralson and Carroll Counties. We’ll continue hosting a tele-townhall meeting each month, so if you missed me the last time I called your county, you can be sure I’ll be calling again in the upcoming months. For those of you who weren’t on the call last night, here are the topics we discussed:
Immigration reform and ending chain migration
Tax relief and the Fair Tax
Gas prices
The War on Terror and our efforts in Iraq
Healthcare reform
Combating drug abuse, especially methamphetamine abuse
I really enjoy these opportunities to hear your thoughts and concerns. But you don’t have to wait for a tele-townhall to let me know what’s on your mind. Feel free to email me by clicking HERE, or click HERE to get contact information for my offices in Washington, Marietta and Rome.
Posted in 11th Congressional District, Bartow County, Carroll County, Cartersville, Chattooga County, Cobb County, Defense , Economy, Floyd County, Gingrey Legislation, Haralson County, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Immigration and Border Security, Marietta, Paulding County, Polk County, Rome, Tax Relief | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Today, I met with several 11th District students who were visiting Washington, D.C. as delegates for Georgia Electric Membership Corporation’s 2007 Youth Tour. The students learned about leadership, government and public service. These students have a bright future, and I was honored to spend a little time getting to know them. Below I’ve posted some photographs of me with the 11th District’s EMC delegates:
Kimber Shealy of Powder Springs
Sawyer Miller of Temple
Justin Chester of Douglasville
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
One of my favorite times in Washington is spring - and not just because the weather finally turns warm. I enjoy spring because so many school trips and families come to visit our nation’s capital over spring break. In fact, yesterday I visited with University of West Georgia students and Rome’s student safety patrollers.
Safety Patrol students from Rome
University of West Georgia students
Later this morning, I’ll be speaking with Marietta Middle School’s civics class and students from Jones Elementary in Bremen. I’ll post photos from those meetings later today. A visit to Washington makes for a fun and educational vacation, and I’m certainly enjoying having these young minds around the office.
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
Yesterday, I hosted the first 11th District Listening Session in Cartersville. It was a great event, with nearly 40 people coming out to discuss today’s pressing issues with me. I appreciated hearing so many opinions from around the Bartow community.
If you don’t live in Cartersville, don’t worry – there’s a Listening Session coming soon to a town near you. Click HERE for a complete list. Next week: Carroll and Paulding counties. I look forward to seeing you there!
Posted in 11th Congressional District, 11th District, Bartow County, Carroll County, Cartersville, Chattooga County, Cobb County, Floyd County, Haralson County, Marietta, Paulding County, Polk County, Rome | No Comments »
Thursday, September 28th, 2006
Last week, I had the honor of meeting with cancer survivors from Georgia who were visiting Washington to advocate for increased research funding for this disease. Cancer survivors and their supporters included Linda Picklesimer of Carrollton, Ann Hook of Rome, Keri Perez of Cartersville and Trish Hussey of Columbus. Click HERE to read a Rome News Tribune article on the visit. It was very encouraging to see so many people working together to eradicate this disease.
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Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
In a speech before Congress today, Phil commended Dr. Paul Burson on his medical work in Iraq. Here is an exert from his speech:
As a physician myself, I know many doctors, but few with the tenacity of Dr. Burson. At age 71, he packed his bags for Bahgdad, where he worked during the day at the U.S. Embassy clinic, and by night at the Combat Support Hospital treating injured Iraqi civilians. He even treated ABC News anchor Bob Woodward after he was injured by a roadside bomb.
Dr. Burson is a retired lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Army Reserves, where he spent 30 years serving our country. Thankfully, his retirement from the Reserves has not dampened his commitment to service. In fact, Dr. Burson traveled to Iraqi last November so he could relive younger military doctors who wanted to spend the Christmas holiday with their families.
To view a video of the speech, click here.
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