We learned last week that District 2 Representative Cliff Bentz LOVES to travel in style on the taxpayers' dime, just not in his own district to hear from his constituents. The month of August is a congressional recess, a time when Members of Congress are supposed to be in their home districts meeting with their constitents and hosting public events.  But Cliff Bentz has none scheduled on his website and a call to all three of his offices today provided no information about the possibility of any town halls. 

The Oregon Nurses' Association (ONA) invited Rep Bentz to a Town Hall in Madras this Thursday August 14 at 6 PM to discuss Medicaid Cuts and Hospital Closures in rural Oregon, but (unsurprisingly) he has not accepted the invitation. So they've also invited District 5 Representative Janelle Bynum, and she said YES!  The event will be at the Madras Performing Arts Center. This is a really important opportunity to hold Bentz accountable for refusing to face his constituents after voting for these and many other cuts. Rep Bynum is the first of our Democratic Members of Congress to hold a town hall in Bentz's district but we are asking the others to hold them, too.   

If you live anywhere near Madras, even if you don't live in District 2,  please try to attend this event to support Rep Bynum for showing up when Cliff Bentz won't, as well as to learn about how severely the Big Bad Budget Bill is going to impact healthcare in rural Oregon.  And share this information with others. Bentz has betrayed his constituents. Let's all help hold him accountable!