Miller-Meeks says to constituent “I’m not going to talk to you”
After months of no reply Jill flew to D.C. and was still ignored by her representative
Last month a constituent of Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks flew to D.C. to speak at the People’s State of the Union, and to try and finally hear directly from her representative. She was ignored.
Jill, from Norwalk, has done everything she can think of to be heard by her representative: letters, visits to her local office, phone calls, she’s even shared her story in ads that called on Miller-Meeks to support affordable health care. Jill is one of around 100,000 Iowans seeing their health care premiums skyrocket due to Republicans in Congress taking away the health care tax credits. Her cost for the year went from $900 to almost $10,000. When Jill was invited to speak in D.C., she thought she would finally have the chance to be heard.
“I was excited to finally get to speak to her about this issue because surely I’m not the only one suffering the consequences. She wouldn’t ignore me to my face, right?”
Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened.
“It is incredibly disappointing that she won’t listen to me or other constituents,” Jill said. “We are suffering the consequences of her actions in Congress: prices are higher, health care is unaffordable, energy costs are up, and now with the ongoing war, gas prices are skyrocketing. We need a leader that will not only hear from us, but actually work for us instead of billionaires or some political agenda.”
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