1 week Ago By Bill Cloutier
The Oct. 28 Republican-American had a front-page article about “Fact-checking Hayes and Logan.” First, one section covered then-candidate George Logan, a Republican, saying that Rep.
Jahana Hayes, D-5th District, “has voted nearly against every measure in Congress that would secure the border, stop the flow of illegal drugs and stop human trafficking in the U.S.” The article states that Hayes did vote against HR 2, the Secure the Border Act.
“Hayes said in the Oct. 9 debate (with Logan) that she would support a bipartisan bill, which Sen. Christopher S.
Murphy, D-Conn., had helped write” but that bill was blocked in the Senate. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but as a member of Congress Rep.
Hayes has the authority to craft her own border security bill and submit it for approval by the other members of Congress. Why hasn’t she done so? Does she require Sen. Murphy to write her bills for her? It seems like it.
Second, during the campaign, Logan accused Rep. Hayes as being “the only member of the Connecticut delegation to vote against classifying fentanyl in the most dangerous category of drugs.” In response to that charge, Rep.
Hayes said that in the bill “there was no funding for prevention, for treatment, for harm reduction or even law enforcement in that bill.” So as I see it, Hayes voted against that bill due to what it didn’t contain, but couldn’t bring herself to vote for what it did contain? That’s amazing. She also said, “We need to be able to help the 19-year-old that is addicted to fentanyl after a sports injury, not put in jail.
” I’d like Rep. Hayes to explain how a 19-year-old could be put in jail if the bill she voted against had no funding for law enforcement of fentanyl addiction. If Rep.
Jahana Hayes votes for everything or nothing, she certainly isn’t serving those who put her in Congress. Incremental change is sometimes better than none at all. She is free to craft her own legislative bills for approval into law, but apparently isn’t doing so.
Craig Hoffman Cheshire.
