Subject: MAI ALERT!!!! -- Congressional Hearing......
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 001948 -0600 (CST)
From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To: emfguru@hotmail.com
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 20:42:22 -0600
From: "Marjorie A. Lundquist"
To: rbeavers@mail.llion.org
Subject: MAI: More info re Feb. 25th Congressional hearing
Roy, please post this for those who want to know the key members of the
House with respect to the February 25th hearing on MAI.
This hearing is being held by the Subcommittee on International Economic
Policy and Trade--Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Chairwoman--of the House Committee on
International Relations (which is chaired by Benjamin A. Gilman).
Both are Republicans, of course. Gilman represents the 20th district of
New York, while Ileana Ros-Lehtinen represents the 18th district of Flor-
ida (she was born in Havana, Cuba, and resides in Miami, FL). Gilman re-
sides in Middletown, NY.
The full Committee has a web page:
http://www.house.gov/international_relations/
Here are committee/subcommittee office addresses and phone numbers:
House Committee on International Relations Phone: (202) 225-5021
2170 Rayburn House Office Building For hearings/schedule:
Washington, DC 20515-6128 (202) 225-3184
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade
702 O'Neill House Office Building Phone: (202) 225-3345
Washington, DC 20515
I could not find any FAX numbers listed. I suggest that anyone who is
interested but cannot attend WRITE a letter to Ms. Ros-Lehtinen at the
subcommittee address above and give your views/concerns on this issue.
Use snail mail, not e-mail.
Unlike the Executive branch of the federal government, which often
lets people attending a hearing come to the microphone and speak briefly
to the whole group, Congressional committees and subcommittees do NOT
work this way. Those who are to testify are scheduled in advance. I
don't think people attending the hearing have EVER been allowed to
speak up and have their say before the Congressional body. Anyone who
tried to do this would probably be ejected from the hearing room for
causing a disturbance!
So those who stay home and write letters may actually get their views
presented on paper, while those who attend the hearing have an advantage
only with respect to knowing what happened at the hearing.
If you do write to the subcommittee to present your views, say in the
letter that you would like to have your letter entered into the record
of the hearing. If this request is honored, then you have effectively
testified in writing, and your views are then a part of the official
record of the hearing!
I hope this is helpful to anyone interested in the MAI issue and next
week's hearing on this topic. -- Marjorie Lundquist
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