District 17 Congressman Chet Edwards held the first of three in-person town hall meetings to discuss health care reform Wednesday night.
Click to hear the story from WTAW’s Chris Clift:
The Brazos Center was packed beyond capacity, with about 100 people listening to the town hall meeting on radios in the parking lot of the Brazos Center.
Unlike the previous telephone town hall, the questions were a little tougher this time.
One early inquiry came from a man wanting to know where in the Constitution Congress was given the right to control health care.
Another young lady got behind the microphone to ask about what she said was her grandmother being sent home to die after a stroke in 2000 while covered by Medicare.
Some of the responses Edwards gave did not go over well, but in the end none of his positions have changed.
He still says he is undecided on the issue, but promises to read the whole bill before casting a vote.
Edwards also told the crowd he will not support any Canadian style single payer plan, and that Democratic party leaders will have no control over his vote.
The next Edwards town hall meeting is Saturday at the Convention Center in Waco.
If you would like to hear the Brazos County meeting the audio is available in six sections under the multimedia section of wtaw.com
Click below to watch interviews with audience members after the meeting: