Welcome to the Constituent Electronic Mail System (fwd)

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

From: Stanton McCandlish <mech () eff org>
Precedence: list


Looks like 21 Reps. are online now, up from 18 or so last I looked.


Forwarded message:
> From CONGRESS () HR HOUSE GOV  Sun Apr 17 05:51:15 1994
From: CONGRESS () HR HOUSE GOV
Message-Id: <CONGRESS.CONGRESS.244445050094107FCONGRESS () HOUSE GOV>
Date: 17 Apr 1994 05:45:05 EST
Subject: Welcome to the Constituent Electronic Mail System
To: mech () EFF ORG
Comment: MEMO 04.17.94 05.45




            UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
              CONSTITUENT ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEM


        We welcome your inquiry to the House of Representatives
Constituent Electronic Mail System.  Currently, twentyone Members
of the U.S. House of Representatives have been assigned public
electronic mailboxes that may be accessed by their constituents.
The results of the six month public mail pilot have been very
encouraging.  The nature and character of the incoming electronic
mail has demonstrated that this capability will be an invaluable
source of information on constituent opinion.  We are now in the
process of expanding the project to other Members of Congress, as
technical, budgetary and staffing constraints allow.


        A number of House committees have also been assigned public
electronic mailboxes.  The names and electronic mailbox addresses
of these committees are listed below after the information about
participating Representatives.


        Please review the list of participating Representatives
below, and if the Congressional District in which you reside is
listed, follow the instructions below to begin communicating by
electronic mail with your Representative.  If your Representative
is not yet on-line, please be patient.


        U.S. REPRESENTATIVES PARTICIPATING IN THE CONSTITUENT
                       ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEM.


Hon. Dave Camp
4th Congressional District, Michigan
Rm. 137 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
DAVECAMP () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Maria Cantwell
1st Congressional District, Washington
Rm. 1520 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
CANTWELL () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. John Conyers, Jr.
14th Congressional District, Michigan
Rm. 2426 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
JCONYERS () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Sam Coppersmith
1st Congressional District, Arizona
1607 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
SAMAZ01 () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Peter Deutsch
20th Congressional District, Florida
Rm. 425 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
PDEUTSCH () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Jay Dickey
4th Congressional District, Arkansas
Rm. 1338 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
JDICKEY () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Vernon Ehlers
3rd Congressional District, Michigan
Rm. 1526 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
CONGEHLR () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Anna Eshoo
14th Congressional District, California
Rm. 1505 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
ANNAGRAM () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Elizabeth Furse
1st Congressional District, Oregon
Rm. 316 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
FURSEOR1 () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Sam Gejdenson
2nd Congressional District, Connecticut
Rm. 2416 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
BOZRAH () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Newton Gingrich
6th Congressional District, Georgia
Rm. 2428 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
GEORGIA6 () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Dennis Hastert
14th  Congressional District, Illinois
Rm. 2453 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
DHASTERT () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Martin Hoke
2nd Congressional District, Ohio
Rm. 212 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
HOKEMAIL () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Sam Johnson
3rd Congressional District, Texas
Rm. 1030 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
SAMTX03 () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Mike Kreidler
9th Congressional District, Washington
Rm. 1535 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
KREIDLER () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. George Miller
7th Congressional District, California
Rm. 2205 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
GEORGEM () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Earl Pomeroy
North Dakota, At Large
Rm. 318 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
EPOMEROY () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Charlie Rose
7th Congressional District, North Carolina
Rm. 2230 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
CROSE () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Karen Shepherd
2nd Congressional District, Utah
Rm. 414 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
SHEPHERD () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. 'Pete' Stark
13th Congressional District, California
Rm.  239 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
PETEMAIL () HR HOUSE GOV


Hon. Mel Watt
12th Congressional District, North Carolina
Rm. 1232 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
MELMAIL () HR HOUSE GOV




                    INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONSTITUENTS


     The list above includes the electronic mail addresses of
members who are participating in the program.  However, if
your Representative is taking part in the project, we
request that you send a letter or postcard by U.S. Mail to that
Representative at the address listed above with your name and
internet address, followed by your postal (geographical) address.
The primary goal of this program is to allow Members to
better serve their CONSTITUENTS, and this postal contact is the
only sure method currently available of verifying that a user is a
resident of a particular congressional district.


        In addition, constituents who communicate with their
Representative by electronic mail should be aware that Members
will sometimes respond to their messages by way of the U.S. Postal
Service.  This  method of reply will help to ensure
confidentiality, a concern that is of upmost importance to the
House of Representatives.




        COMMITTEES OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PARTICIPATING
                     IN THE ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEM.


Committee on Natural Resources
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
NATRES () HR HOUSE GOV


Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
2320 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
HOUSESST () HR HOUSE GOV




COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS


        Please feel free to send electronic mail comments about
our new service to the Congressional Comment Desk, at


        COMMENTS () HR HOUSE GOV


        We will make every effort to integrate suggestions into
forthcoming updates of our system.


        Thank you again for contacting the House of
Representatives' Constituent Electronic Mail System.  We are
excited about the possibilities that e-mail has to offer, and will
be working hard to bring more Members on-line and to expand our
services.


        This message will be updated as necessary.


                Honorable  Charlie Rose (D-NC)
                Chairman
                Committee on House Administration











--
Stanton McCandlish * mech () eff org * Electronic Frontier Found. OnlineActivist
"In a Time/CNN poll of 1,000 Americans conducted last week by Yankelovich
Partners, two-thirds said it was more important to protect the privacy of
phone calls than to preserve the ability of police to conduct wiretaps.
When informed about the Clipper Chip, 80% said they opposed it."
- Philip Elmer-Dewitt, "Who Should Keep the Keys", TIME, Mar. 14 1994