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Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks on Friday defended her decision not to hold an in-person town hall so far this year, saying she regularly engages with constituents in public settings and through telephone town halls.

Asked whether she would follow through on her past pledges to host an in-person forum , Miller-Meeks explained that she is regularly available to constituents at public events such as rotary meetings, county fairs and the Iowa State Fair, where she is open to answering questions.

“Every time I walk around Iowa — every meeting that I go to, every rotary I attend, every county fair I go to — I am out in the public. I am out in the open, and I can answer anyone'

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