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| https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/saturday-50th-mccaskill-town-hall-of-the-year-in-kirkwood | SATURDAY: 50th McCaskill Town Hall of the Year in Kirkwood | 2017-12-14 | 2017 | 2017-12 | Democrat | House | MO | Claire McCaskill | M001170 | www.mccaskill.senate.gov | legacy | SATURDAY: 50th McCaskill Town Hall of the Year in Kirkwood Senator—averaging nearly one town hall per week in 2017—will host public town hall at St. Louis Community College Thursday, December 14, 2017 KIRKWOOD – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is bringing her town hall tour of Missouri to the town where she lives, and will host her 50th public town hall of the year at St. Louis Community College, Meramec Campus in Kirkwood this Saturday, December 16. Saturday, December 16 at 10:00 a.m. CT at the St. Louis Community College, Meramec Campus Theatre in Kirkwood, McCaskill will hold a public town hall, with media availability to follow. “The only way Missourians will know that their voices are being heard in Washington, is if I’m showing up, listening, and using what I learn to fight for them,” said McCaskill, who has hosted more public town halls in her time as Senator than the rest of Missouri’s Congressional delegation combined. “Whether or not folks always agree with me isn’t the point—I represent all Missourians, and I owe it to all Missourians to show up, show respect, hold myself accountable, and listen. What Missourians tell me—their ideas, their concerns, their criticisms—all of it makes me a better Senator, better equipped to achieve the results they expect.” The feedback McCaskill has collected through her town halls has already fueled several of the fights she is waging in the Senate—from the urgent need to invest in rural broadband, and feedback on how to protect Missourians’ access to healthcare, to ideas on how to boost job opportunities, invest in critical infrastructure like roads and bridges, and confront a growing opioid drug crisis in Missouri communities. McCaskill has hosted forty-nine public town hall forums on previous tours across Missouri this year. In 2009 during debate over the Affordable Care Act—at a time of heightened demonstrations against the legislation—McCaskill held a series of highly publicized town halls, including in traditionally conservative areas of Missouri, to hear directly from Missourians about their concerns and respond to criticisms. In 2014, McCaskill logged more than 1,000 miles around the state on her “McCaskill on Main Street” series of public town halls. McCaskill has also toured the state with town halls aimed at military veterans and seniors—and has hosted individual town halls, such as one she hosted last year with then-U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack focused on the opioid epidemic. McCaskill Public Town Hall – Kirkwood Saturday, December 16th 10:00 a.m. CT public town hall Media availability following the event Meramec Campus Theatre St. Louis Community College 11333 Big Bend Road Kirkwood, Mo. 63122-5720 *Seating is limited and offered on a first come first serve basis. Parking available in the West Lot off Couch Avenue. Campus map available HERE. ### Print Email Tweet | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |