MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU-WDLB) — Congressman Sean Duffy met with constituents of his 7th district on Monday morning, during a stop at the Eagles Club on South Oak Avenue in Marshfield.
One resident said the “system seems to be gamed to just get a small number of people–just your supporters–and nothing is out in the media”. Duffy responded by saying he knew how they felt, having been a constituent of former Congressman Dave Obey before Duffy was elected.
“I’ve lived in this district for 46 years and for 42 of them Dave Obey was my congressman,” said Duffy. “Do you know how many meetings I had like this that I could come to? Where I could come and ask a question, like you get to as me? Not one.”
Duffy also responded to those having complaints about how hard it is to get into his office in Wausau. Duffy says that he deals with many hateful phone calls and harassement about himself and his family. He also says that people have been shot at his office and defended the high level of security.
Duffy also addressed questions and concerns regarding net neutrality, which the F-C-C just reversed.
“Who’s using all the width?” he asked. “Netflix, Apple and iTunes, Google, Facebook. Some big companies out there are using a wide swath of the compactly. They’re saying, well in a free market system, why can’t I charge the companies that are using all of our bandwidth?”
Duffy addressed a wide variety of topics during the one-hour listening session, including the session itself. A few area residents expressed concerns over not hearing about the event until they got a robo-call from Duffy’s office Sunday night, or heard about it through word-of-mouth.
