Thursday, April 28, 2011

Rep. Chris Gibson is caught misrepresenting budget deficits with his own graph.

Rep. Chris Gibson's town hall meeting on April 26th was well attended, with the large meeting room at the Malta Community Center filled to capacity.    The questions were excellent, with the largest number deeply concerned about Republican plans to turn Medicare into an ill-funded voucher program.   Gibson ducked and weaved most of the evening, but the best moment of the night came when Al Ormsby of Saratoga Springs caught Gibson misrepresenting budget deficits with his own graph.   When Ormsby boxed Gibson in the illogic of his own position, Gibson finally simply gave up, unable to answer.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Chris Gibson voted to protect subsidies for big oil for major integrated oil companies HJR44 vote #153 according to the National Journal in March 2011. He voted to cut 1.4Billion in first repsonder training for radiation, chemical and biological disasters and to cut 46,000 positions for trainees for emergency disaster according to the National Journal March 2011.