Friday, June 20, 2003 :::
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that will prevent you from purchasing the cigarette brand of your choice over the Internet. If you live in the states of Arizona, Utah, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Alabama, South Carolina, Idaho, Georgia, Texas, Vermont, Massachusetts, Delaware, Wisconsin, California, New York, Illinois or North Carolina, it is vitally important that you write, call, e-mail or fax your Senator or Senators, urging them to vote against S. 1177.
Tell these Senators you are an adult consumer, and should be able to purchase the brand of your choice, the same way you can purchase other legal products over the Internet.
A suggested letter would read:
Dear Senator:
I am writing you to urge you to vote against a bill currently pending in the Senate, S.1177. This bill, once again, singles out smokers like me and imposes what are clearly unconstitutional restrictions on my freedom as a consumer to purchase legal products in the same way I can purchase any other legal product.
For too long we smokers have allowed the government to impose clearly unfair legal burdens on us. I, for one, am tired of it, and intend to watch how you vote, so I can vote accordingly.
Sincerely,
Click Here to download a pdf of this letter.
Contact information for these Senators is provided below:
Arizona:
Senator Jon L. Kyl
SH-730 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-0304
Tel: 202-224-4521
Fax: 202-224-2207
http://kyl.senate.gov/con_form.htm
Wisconsin:
Senator Herb Kohl
SH-330 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-4903
Tel: 202-224-5653
Fax: 202-224-9787
senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov
Senator Russell D. Feingold
SH-506 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-4904
Tel: 202-224-5323
Fax: 202-224-2725
russ_feingold@feingold.senate.gov
Iowa:
Senator Charles E. Grassley
SH-135 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-1501
Tel: 202-224-3744
Fax: 202-224-6020
http://grassley.senate.gov/webform.htm
Utah:
Senator Orrin Hatch
SH-104 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-4402
Tel: 202-224-5251
Fax: 202-224-6331
http://www.senate.gov/~hatch/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact
South Carolina:
Senator Lindsey Graham
Senate Russell Courtyard 1
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: 202-224-5972
Fax: 202-224-3808
http://lgraham.senate.gov/email/email.htm
New York:
Senator Charles E. Schumer
SH-313 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: 202-224-6542
Fax: 202-228-3027
http://schumer.senate.gov/webform.html
Alabama:
Senator Jeff Sessions
SR-493 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-0104
Tel: 202-224-4124
Fax: 202-224-3149
senator@sessions.senate.gov
Pennsylvania:
Senator Arlen Specter
SH-711 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-3802
Tel: 202-224-4254
Fax: 202-228-1229
arlen_specter@specter.senate.gov
Vermont:
Senator Patrick J. Leahy
SR-4333 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-4502
Tel: 202-224-4242
Fax: 202-224-3479
senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov
Massachusetts:
Senator Edward M. Kennedy
SR-317 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-2101
Tel: 202-224-4543
Fax: 202-224-2417
senator@kennedy.senate.gov
Illinois:
Senator Richard J. Durbin
SD-332 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-1304
Tel: 202-224-2152
Fax: 202-228-0400
dick@durbin.senate.gov
North Carolina:
Senator John Edwards
SD-225 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-3306
Tel: 202-224-3154
Fax: 202-228-1374
http://edwards.senate.gov/mailform.html
Texas:
Senator John Cornyn
Senate Russell Courtyard 5
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: 202-224-2934
Fax: 202-228-2856
Senator John Cornyn
Idaho:
Senator Larry E. Craig
SH-520 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-1203
Tel: 202-224-2752
Fax: 202-228-1067
http://craig.senate.gov/webform.html
Georgia:
Senator Saxby Chambliss
Senate Russell Courtyard 2
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: 202-224-3521
Fax: 202-224-0072
saxby_chambliss@chambliss.senate.gov
Ohio:
Senator Mike DeWine
SR-140 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-3503
Tel: 202-224-2315
Fax: 202-224-6519
http://dewine.senate.gov/request_form.htm
California:
Senator Dianne Feinstein
SH-331 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-0504
Tel: 202-224-3841
Fax: 202-228-3954
http://feinstein.senate.gov/email.html
Delaware:
Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
SR-221 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-0802
Tel: 202-224-5042
Fax: 202-224-0139
senator@biden.senate.gov
::: posted by Creditwrench at 9:50 AM
Thursday, June 19, 2003 :::
This just out from the media division of the Oklahoma House of Representatives praising two of their religious kook smoke-a-nazi Reps.
Rep. Ray Vaughn of Edmond, Oklahoma has long been a fanatical Smoke-A-Nazi and has been reprimanded several times by his colleagues for introducing anti-smoking legislation.
Rep. Bill Graves is another kook who is also well known for introducing looney tunes legislation.
Now that we got a Smoke-A-Nazi governor on top of it all, the Oklahoma religious kooks are in a great position to homp and stomp on our rights and freedoms.
And as usual, there is little we can do about it. Let us hope that the Restauranter's Association will step up to the plate and start doing some law suits against the new law.
That seems unlikely however.at this point in time.
What ever happened to the concept of equal protection under the law?
Just depends on whose chicken is getting gored I guess.
Oklahoma House o
f Representatives
Media Division
June 19, 2003
OKLAHOMA CITY - Rep. Raymond L. Vaughn, jr., was recognized
recently as a "Public Health Hero" by the Oklahoma State Board of Health
for his efforts to reduce tobacco use in this state.
Vaughn, an Edmond Republican and member of the House Committee on
Public Health, was recognized June 19 during a board meeting at the
State Health Department.
"Our Board unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing you for
your continuing leadership and dedicated work to reduce and prevent
tobacco use in Oklahoma and to protect the public and workers from
secondhand smoke," President Ron Graves said.
He was referring to passage of Senate Joint Resolution 21, of which
Vaughn was a House co-sponsor with Speaker Larry E. Adair, D-Stilwell.
The measure amended the Smoking in Public Places Act. Provisions include
actions which must be taken to prevent smoking in public places;
authorizing a phase-in period for Oklahoma restaurants to become smoke
free; and exemptions for certain circumstances.
"We commend you for your ongoing efforts in this regard," Graves
said. "It is a well-deserved public recognition."
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Scott Hancock
Media Specialist
Oklahoma House of Representatives
1-800-522-8502 ext 422
::: posted by Creditwrench at 12:23 PM
