Political Quotes

“I believe that sometimes it is used in a political context, which concerns me a great deal. And I presented three amendments to address this. But I must say that this Congress and this Committee on Rules, and particularly the gentleman from California [Mr. Thomas], have really started to address these issues. And for this I have tremendous praise for them. For example, we have gone from a high in 1988 of $113.4 million for frank mail to free mail, which is sometimes used for political reasons, to a low of $30 million in fiscal year 1995. I am convinced, after discussing this with the gentleman from California [Mr. Thomas], chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, that we are going to try to address even additional areas with respect to this to make sure that our mail is used for the purposes of responding to our constituents and not for mass mail used in a political sense.”