Calls for Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-6th District) to hold a town hall meeting continued Thursday at an open door meeting with Goodlatte's staff in Broadway.

Over the past several months, there have been calls for Goodlatte to hold a town hall, as opposed to in-phone or on social media.

He declined a

in February.

Lynlee Wastie says she has requested a facilitated public meeting with Goodlatte on every weekday since October, but has not heard back.

"We don't expect him to agree with us, but we do expect him to show up and actually engage us and have a dialogue about our concerns, we feel like that's part of his job and that he's failing to live up to his responsibilities to us," said Wastie.

Wastie says Goodlatte may be afraid to hold a town hall, considering the tense moments at town halls across the country.

"I've always made it my priority to communicate with the people I represent, and I strive to be in communities across the district as often as possible," said Goodlatte in an emailed statement to WHSV. "I meet regularly with groups or individuals who have requested appointments, attend community events, and correspond with constituents who have contacted my office via phone, email, postal mail, and social media. In addition, I have hosted telephone town hall calls and Facebook Live events that allow me to reach thousands of people at once and take questions from constituents as they all participate."

You can sign up for Goodlatte's telephone town halls through a form on his website:

Attendees also pressed the staffers with how their concerns are given to the Congressman after open door meetings. District Representative Emily Wicht responded by saying that she does meet face-to-face with Goodlatte after the meetings.

John Schaldach, who works with a civic engagement group called Indivisible Harrisonburg, says he has concerns over the American Health Care Act and wants to voice them to Goodlatte.

"The bill is a massive tax giveaway to the wealthiest Americans... it's going to raise rates on elderly Americans and that many people are going to lose their coverage and what concerns me is that Goodlatte passed this and isn't willing to talk with us about this," said Schaldach.

"Under the AHCA. insurers are prohibited from denying coverage on the basis of a pre-existing condition. In fact the plan takes careful steps to ensure that these important protections are maintained. Furthermore, the Upton-Long Amendment strengthens the AHCA's pre-existing conditions protections by providing an additional $8 billion to help reduce premiums or out of pocket costs for those who may have a pre-existing condition."

Goodlatte did stop in the Shenandoah Valley at the end of March

, marking the first time he had visited the area

.

He also

on March 13 about town halls and about the House's effort to repeal and replace Obamacare, which, at that time, was up in the air.