Health care "tele-town hall"

Rep. Eliot Engel will host a "tele-town hall" on health care tomorrow, Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 7:15 p.m.
It'll be a teleconference. Mr. Engel says there will be the opportunity to ask questions. The only way to participate is to either answer a robocall from his office this evening or to contact his office via e-mail to get on the list.
The e-mail address to send a message to in order to be included in the teleconference is engelhealth@mail.house.gov, and the message must be sent before 10 p.m. tonight.
Mr. Engel first announced tomorrow night's town hall in a press release this afternoon sent as I was speaking with him by phone.
We're somewhat scooping ourselves by posting this now. However, with his announcement going out to his constituent e-mail list only minutes ago, anyone who reads this in our newspaper will have already missed the chance to participate.
The event will be available for listening on Mr. Engel's Web site, www.engel.house.gov, beginning Friday.