Message from Congressman Mike Ross

Tonight, I hope you will join the second of a series of monthly telephone town hall meetings I will be hosting throughout the year to listen to you and to get your feedback on the issues before Congress. These monthly telephone town hall meetings are the result of your feedback and popular demand. The call tonight, Monday, Feb. 28, will be held at 7:10 p.m. CT and should last approximately 60 minutes. Any resident throughout Arkansas’s Fourth Congressional District can connect into the telephone town hall by dialing the following toll free number and using the included PIN code: Phone: 1-877-269-7289, PIN: 14573. Anyone may listen to the call and specific instructions will be given to callers if they would like to a question.
The feedback from these calls has been very positive and many of you from all over the district have asked me to continue holding these important events. They are an easy and convenient way for all residents of Arkansas’s Fourth Congressional District to participate in your government and to share the concerns that affect you and your families. As this new Congress considers important issues on everything from the budget to energy, my job is to listen to those I represent and that has always been my pledge to you.
Working like a large conference call, you will have the opportunity to ask questions and voice your concerns on an array of issues. As on previous calls, I will ask a series of survey questions throughout the call to gauge your feelings toward several different issues. You will be able to respond by pressing the numbers ‘1’ or ‘2’ on your phone and the survey results will be announced live throughout the call.
These live surveys provide a way for each of you to share your attitude toward the topic at hand. This is an interactive way of allowing everyone on the call to participate all at once and share your thoughts as we discuss the important issues facing our nation today.
Some of you may receive an automated telephone giving you the option to be automatically connected into the telephone town hall meeting. In addition, any Fourth District resident may dial into the call using the following toll free number and the included PIN code: Phone: 1-877-269-7289, PIN: 14573.
In addition to tonight’s telephone town hall, future calls will be held on Tuesday, March 29; Tuesday, April 12; Tuesday, May 10; and, Tuesday, June 21. Details for these calls and all calls for the rest of 2011 will be announced in the media, posted online at ross.house.gov and announced in e-news updates. Be sure you subscribe to my e-mail news alerts so that you will be notified of each telephone town hall event. I look forward to hearing from you and from everyone throughout Arkansas’s Fourth Congressional District. These monthly calls will help you stay informed, have a direct line to your congressman and share your own ideas on the great challenges that face our nation. This technology allows me to bring the discussion right to you and to the thousands of working families, parents of small children and senior citizens here in Arkansas’s Fourth District, even when my duties require me to be in our nation’s capital for votes.
Again, I hope you’ll join us on tonight’s telephone town hall meeting by calling the following toll free number and using the included PIN code: Phone: 1-877-269-7289, PIN: 14573.
Sincerely,
Mike Ross