Stupak to hold telephone town hall meeting Nov. 18

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak (D-Menominee) will hold a telephone town hall meeting at 6 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. The telephone town hall will allow residents of the First Congressional District to ask Stupak questions on a range of issues, including health care and the economy. This will be Congressman Stupak’s fourth telephone town hall meeting with constituents since April.

"These telephone town hall meetings allow me to reach out to the entire First District to hear constituent concerns and answer questions about a range of issues including the recent health care bill that passed in the U.S. House of Representatives," Stupak said. "I appreciate the feedback at my town hall meetings, both in Northern Michigan and the telephone town halls. I am looking forward to another constructive conversation with constituents."

Constituents in the First District who wish to participate in the telephone town hall can sign up by visiting www.house.gov/stupak and selecting "E-mail and Telephone Town Hall Sign-Up" or by calling Congressman Stupak’s office at 1-800-950-7371 to request they be included on the call. In order to join the call, individuals must have registered prior to 5 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Nov. 17 and be available to answer their phone between 5:50 p.m. EST and 6:20 p.m. EST on Wednesday night.

Last week Congressman Stupak held a town hall meeting in Escanaba. In September he held a town hall meeting in Negaunee and in October he held town hall meetings in Cheboygan and Petoskey. Stupak held his last telephone town hall meeting on Sept. 30, with 5,132 people representing all 31 counties in the First Congressional District joining the call.