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Audio Feature: This week in news for Rep. John Faso: 20170918
Sep 16, 2017 9:56 am
Here's the week in the news for Rep. John Faso (R-Kinderhook), the District 19 Congressperson for the WGXC listening area. Fivethirtyeight.com currently reports Faso votes with Donald Trump's positions 88.9 percent of his votes. Click here to download or play an audio version of this report.
• William J. Kemble is reporting in the Daily Freeman Kingston school trustees are disappointed that U.S. Rep. John Faso did not address education issues during the public forum recently held in Esopus. They want the Kinderhook Republican to meet with district leaders to answer questions that were not addressed. At a Board of Education meeting last week, one of the trustees said four board members attended the forum, but none of their questions were chosen during the 90-minute event. “There was not one question regarding education, which was a bit of a disappointment,” Suzanne Jordan said. “There’s a lot to worry about.” Jordan said board members want answers to questions about changing federal mandates, food standards, teacher training, and why there is a threat to remove Medicaid money from the schools. Jordan has suggested the Ulster County School Boards Association organize a multi-district meeting with Faso. “He likes to meet with smaller constituent groups, and I thought maybe he would be willing to set up a meeting with people interested in education,” she said. Faso spokesman John Lange said via email that a meeting could be arranged, but more information would be needed. “We can’t just agree to host forums by hearing about them through third-parties, and that we really know nothing about,..." Lange wrote. Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.
• This week Rep. John Faso voted with a Republican majority that passed several bills this week. He voted for the Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series Act, which passed 398-4. Faso voted for the appropriations bill for the Department of the Interior, which passed 211-198, on largely partisan lines. The same is true of the Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act, which passed 233-175. Finally, Faso voted this week for the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act, which passed 390-0.
• William J. Kemble is reporting in the Daily Freeman Kingston school trustees are disappointed that U.S. Rep. John Faso did not address education issues during the public forum recently held in Esopus. They want the Kinderhook Republican to meet with district leaders to answer questions that were not addressed. At a Board of Education meeting last week, one of the trustees said four board members attended the forum, but none of their questions were chosen during the 90-minute event. “There was not one question regarding education, which was a bit of a disappointment,” Suzanne Jordan said. “There’s a lot to worry about.” Jordan said board members want answers to questions about changing federal mandates, food standards, teacher training, and why there is a threat to remove Medicaid money from the schools. Jordan has suggested the Ulster County School Boards Association organize a multi-district meeting with Faso. “He likes to meet with smaller constituent groups, and I thought maybe he would be willing to set up a meeting with people interested in education,” she said. Faso spokesman John Lange said via email that a meeting could be arranged, but more information would be needed. “We can’t just agree to host forums by hearing about them through third-parties, and that we really know nothing about,..." Lange wrote. Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.
• This week Rep. John Faso voted with a Republican majority that passed several bills this week. He voted for the Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series Act, which passed 398-4. Faso voted for the appropriations bill for the Department of the Interior, which passed 211-198, on largely partisan lines. The same is true of the Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act, which passed 233-175. Finally, Faso voted this week for the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act, which passed 390-0.