annotated Tweets posted by @uscitizenpod
Teacher Jennifer says: Here are my annotated tweets from today's town hall meeting with our US Rep Ro Khanna (CA-17). If you have the opportunity, please attend a Congressional Town Hall. AWESOME!
- H-4 Visa Children, Aging Out of Dependent Status, Forced to Return to India
12:24 PM Q2: budget cuts; RK supports repeal of tax cuts but not cuts to Medicare, education, and the National Science Foundation which helps the middle class
12:29 PM Q3: balanced budget during Clinton but now budget cuts to support luxuries and foreign wars and deregulation; RK we need to stop/repeal this waste which undermines public trust. #fiscalresponsibilty
12:35 PM Q4 Happy #EarthDay2018 RK reinvest in #CleanEnergy #jobs #tech #AlternativeEnergy #science
12:40 PM Q5 income inequality and increase earning potential; RK costs of tech is falling but wages are stagnant. Increase #middleclass earned income credit and apprenticeships. Dems must have a clear jobs msg
12:47 PM Q6 Husband who lost non-smoking wife to #lungcancer asks why bill is stuck in committee; RK sponsors the bill and will personally follow up (I am tearing up and can’t do justice to this Q/A)
- H.R.4897 — Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2018
12:55 PM Q7 physician comments on Q6 that companies are profiting off pain and suffering and continues on to say that the DEA is perpetuating the #OpioidEpidemic and harassing prescribing doctors. RK invites further advice/testimony
- H.R.4733 — Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act
1:00 PM Q8 war on #opioids and national war on #pot is leading to denial of medication. RK need to take a nuance approach for treatment to prevent addiction
- Note: the original questioner did not say "pot" nor marijuana but referred to the active agent in cannabis--tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)--to control his nerve pain as opposed to using #opiods
- H.R.5261 — TEACH to Combat Addiction Act of 2018
- H.R.5197 — Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act
1:02 PM Q9 #ClimateChange . RK concerns about flooding which will affect poor communities
- H.R.3782 — Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2017
1:10 PM Q10 concern about the #electoralcollege and recent violations of the 12th amendment. Had the #provisionalballots been counted? RK all votes must be counted / elections must be transparent. Ask for further info and will follow up #vote #Election2016
- Amendment XII: ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
- U.S. Electoral College: 2016 Presidential Election: Certificates of Vote
- 11 times VP Biden was interrupted during Trump's electoral vote certification
1:14 PM Q11 internet bill of rights. RK tapped to write the #InternetBillOfRights
- REP. RO KHANNA: WHY WE NEED AN 'INTERNET BILL OF RIGHTS'
- Source 1: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/21/rep-ro-khanna-tapped-by-pelosi-to-draft-internet-bill-of-rights/
- Source 2: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/04/11/rep-ro-khanna-why-we-need-an-internet-bill-of-rights.html
- Source 3: http://freebeacon.com/issues/khanna-calls-for-internet-bill-of-rights-in-u-s/
- Source 4: https://www.msnbc.com/kasie-dc/watch/democrat-khanna-calls-for-internet-bill-of-rights-1205959747562
- @RepRoKhanna says #Zuckerberg testimony was long overdue
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-04-11/rep-ro-khanna-says-zuckerberg-s-testimony-was-long-overdue-video
- TECH WILL DRIVE VOTER DECISIONS
- https://www.bna.com/silicon-valley-rep-b57982090351/
1:16 PM Q12 what legislation do we need to fight for now? RK we need to fight for funding and the #Dreamers #DACA
- ON DACA AND PASSAGE OF THE "CONTINUING RESOLUTION"
1:18 PM Q13 Paul Ryan’s cuts to social security and ballooning national debt; RK we need to recover
1:20 PM Q14 concern about #cleanenergy and #fossilfuel industry. RK we must invest in #cleanenergy
1:24 PM Q15 concern about deporting #GreenCard holders who receive public assistance and need for family union; RK absolutely supports family union and further commented that the #CivilRightsMovement led to the 1965 Immigration Reformed Act
- THE INTERTWINED FREEDOM MOVEMENTS OF GANDHI AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
- Trump Could Try to Deport Legal Immigrants Who Get Federal Benefits
- Trump administration may target immigrants who use food aid, other benefits
- Statements by @RepRoKhanna (son of #immmigrants) on #immigration, including #DACA, #DACADreamers, #H1B, #H4EAD, #FamilyReunification
Also see my annotated notes from previous Ro Khanna Town Meetings
- uscitizenpod: 06/17/2017 US Rep Ro Khanna CA-17 June Town Hall in Milpitas, CA
- uscitizenpod: 10/07/2017: Sunnyhills Neighborhood Meeting with US Rep Ro Khanna's Senior Adviser Tarun Galagali
- uscitizenpod: 11/12/2017: Ro Khanna Veterans Day Town Hall Meeting at Newark Memorial High School
- uscitizenpod: 01/14/18: January Town Hall with US Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17)
- uscitizenpod: 02/4/18: January Town Hall with US Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17)
