Jeff Miller: “I wish to rise in strong support of the H.R. 170, the Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act and thank the…”

“I wish to rise in strong support of the H.R. 170, the Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act and thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. McHugh) and also the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. LoBiondo) for their support in bringing this legislation to the floor today. This legislation will help protect Americans from deceptive sweepstakes mailings and other types of deceptive mailings. This is one of the most important consumer issues to come before the 106th Congress, and I view H.R. 170 as one of the Committee on Government Reform's major accomplishments this year. It is a good bill that all my colleagues, Republicans, Democrats, liberals, conservatives and moderates can support. Several bills concerning deceptive sweepstakes mailings, including H.R. 170, have been introduced in this Congress. Most of my colleagues have probably heard from constituents who have been victims of these deceptive sweepstakes mailings, and this is particularly true with seniors. And with the large number of seniors in my district, this is a very important piece of legislation, because their stories are heartbreaking. This is a serious problem that Congress needs to address. And because the postal service is an entity of the Federal Government, Congress has the legal means and the duty to strengthen the law against fraudulent mailings.”