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Congressman Raja holds Town Hall meeting in Bensenville Discusses immigration, O’Hare noise, pension funds
By Dee Longfellow FOR THE BENSENVILLE INDEPENDENT
my core and I am doing everything I State Pension Fund. At one point, possibly can about this issue.” they all called out the number of years they had worked – 25, 28, some Teamsters request as many as 30 years. help with pension fund Apparently, the union is not keepDuring the Q&A session, a group ing its promises regarding its retirof about 20-25 people crowded the ees. A spokesperson for the group aisle where the microphone was, addressed the Congressman, asking some carrying signs that read: “Save him to please intervene on their beour pensions.” They were all retired half. Teamsters who were in the Central “I assure you I’m with you,” Raja
Congressman said. “We can change flight patterns by using the diagonal runways – and they’re still there – and with the horizontal runways. I have asked the FAA to expedite the environmental studies. I will do my best to advocate for the Fly Quiet initiative.” Raja reminded people there are resources available at the federal level for noise mitigation.
said.
O’Hare Airport noise On the evening of Monday, July 30, It was no surprise when O’Hare residents packed the Council ChamAirport noise came up for discussion. bers of Bensenville Village Hall to Congressman Raja seemed sympaattend a Town Hall meeting held by thetic to the cause. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of He agreed the current flight paths the U. S. House of Representatives. are unacceptable and that flights need One of the people who got up to to be redistributed. speak addressed him as Congressman “It doesn’t have to be this way,” the Raja and he assured that it was perfectly all right to call him by his first name and that most people did. “In fact, I was recently introduced as Congressman Raja Christian Murphy,” he said with a laugh. “I didn’t know the Irish made it all the way to India!” Clearly disturbed by some of the actions of President Donald Trump, without actually speaking his name, Raja talked quite a while about the immigration situation and the recent separation of children from their parents. “This is completely unacceptable,” he said. “At first, they were going to put all these misplaced children at one of the military bases. I found that unacceptable because our military is expected to defend our country and have nothing whatsoever to do with immigration.” Still, there are children and parents who are not together. “As of Friday, there were a couple dozen children under the age of 5 who were still not united with their parents,” Raja said. “There are 500 kids between the ages of 6 and 17 who are not with their parents. The lack of transparency has been a problem and in fact, it took a court order to compel honesty. All these people DEE LONGFELLOW PHOTO Bensenville Independent fall under the Office of Refugee RePictured is a group of Teamsters who crowded around the microphone during the Q&A portion of the Town Hall meeting held in Bensenville settlement. “This has personally shaken me to with Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi. The Central State Teamsters are concerned that their pensions may be in jeopardy.
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