After praising the 'unvarnished, direct democracy' that a town hall provides, Collins has not attended a single town hall in 2019.
on Monday. The figures show that while freshmen congresspeople have been active in providing open forums to the voting public—100 percent of freshman Democratic senators voted into office in 2019 held at least one town hall—and that 11 congresspeople who held no town halls at all in 2018 went on to do so in 2019—over 50 have held none since January 3, 2019.
"What happens is usually a few people dominate the discussion, and those who are more reserved or less comfortable with speaking in public don't get to talk to the officeholder directly," said Collins in a statement given toin 2017.
Collins encountered controversy after voting for the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018, a move that critics suggested was out of step with her moderate political beliefs.
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