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Andrea Joy Campbell: “I want to put the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Allen) on notice that I am opposed to his view. On the distinction of the…”

On the recordJuly 20, 1998
I want to put the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Allen) on notice that I am opposed to his view. On the distinction of the gentleman as to the origin of the phone call, if the phone call is for private purpose or political purpose, it would then violate the laws against embezzlement, which is to use Federal property for personal purpose. So as to the phone call not being on government property, they would run smack into the embezzlement law even if they got outside the Pendleton Act.
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts
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Opposing a colleague's view on the legality of using federal property for personal or political phone calls.

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