Maloney Holds Town Hall In Faso's District Monday

KINGSTON, NY — One Hudson Valley congressman decided to cross over into another district to speak to someone else’s constituents about the American Health Care Act recently passed by the House of Representatives. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-Cold Spring, went from his 18th Congressional District to the 19th District represented by Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, Monday evening.

Maloney listened to his 18th District constituents Monday afternoon and then appeared in Kingston, which is in Faso’s district, at a town hall at the Senate Garage with a crowd numbering more than 300, the Poughkeepsie Journal’s John Barry reported.

Faso was one of seven New York Republican congressional representatives to vote to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act May 4.

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All the Democratic representatives from New York and two Republicans — John Katko, 24th District, and Daniel Donovan Jr., 11th District — voted against the AHCA.

During his appearance at the Kingston town hall, Maloney said that Faso should have been there.

“This guy should not be on some milk carton,” Maloney said. “He’s your congressman, right? He should be here.

“Don’t take this the wrong way,” he said. “I have my own district. I shouldn’t be here.”

A spokeswoman for Faso said the congressman had a prior event scheduled for Monday evening.

“It should be noted that the congressman’s office did not receive an invitation regarding this political event,” said Faso Communications Director Courtney Weaver.

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She call the event a “purely partisan political rally,” adding that two weeks ago at the Pattern for Progress event at Marist College, both Faso and Maloney pledged bipartisan cooperation on issues of concern affecting their districts.

“No Maloney has reverted to form as a hyper-partisan seeking to advance himself in the eyes of his patrons in Albany and Washington It’s sad,” Weaver said.

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