Representative Rick Allen

ICYMI: Congressman Allen Holds Telephone Town Hall

WASHINGTON – Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) held a telephone town hall Tuesday night to answer questions from residents of Georgia's 12th District. Congressman Allen gave an update on Democrats’ “infrastructure” package, the latest on the southern border, investigating the origins of COVID-19, combating Critical Race Theory, and more. For those who were unable to participate in the call, here are some of the highlights:

Mark from Evans asked about the national debt and the economy.

Congressman Allen: “The Democrat budget chairman stood on the House floor and said he was sick and tired of us talking about the debt we were putting on our children’s children’s children…. Now, that is the kind of folks we are dealing with up here…

“The great thing about this country that I learned is when we created the best economy in the world - the best it has been in my lifetime - is when we got rid of the regulatory issues… and then we did tax reform, our revenues were increasing dramatically. We were getting people back to work… We can hold the line until we can get people in here that understand just how you have to live at home, we have to do the same things in this government.”

Christina from Evans asked about defending the Second Amendment.

Congressman Allen: “[democrats] had passed on the House floor a number of bills, but they have never got through the Senate because of the filibuster rule. Like I said, Joe Manchin is holding firm on that right now and I certainly hope he continues that.

“Let me tell you this, the biggest gun problem we have in this country are those cities who have the toughest gun laws in this country. That ought to tell you something. So, in other words, in those cities, it is easier to get a gun illegally than it is to get it legally. So that would mean it is just going to be in the hands of people who want to do harm.”

William from Grovetown asked about improving rural broadband access.

Congressman Allen: “We have been working on it, and it is a big problem in this country. It could be a tremendous economic engine for those areas that are rural, and people who want to live outside of the cities. Like I said, too, with COVID, you have teaching from home, and also a lot of folks now are working from home, so it is critical that we get this broadband done, and I thank you for bringing that up.”

Karen from Swainsboro asked about election integrity and H.R. 1.

Congressman Allen: “The Constitution states that we must have equal representation under the law. In other words, I legally vote in my precinct and if someone illegally votes in my precinct, that’s canceling my vote. That’s unequal representation under the law and in fact I knew that there was going to be a problem with this because when the Democrats took the majority, their number one legislative agenda was H.R. 1 which does away with all voter ID laws, it allows ballot harvesting… which is illegal in Georgia."

Linda from Claxton asked about the Biden Administration allowing U.S. embassies overseas to fly political flags.

Congressman Allen: “…I signed on to legislation that would prevent this… we can stop that. As far as the State Department, we have to… get a Secretary of State who does not promote policies that are directly in conflict with God’s word for crying out loud. And what the principles our founders established for our nation, which guarantees our freedoms.”

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