Louise Slaughter: “I was shocked to learn that House committee was sending mail into the committee members' districts. During yesterday's…”

“I was shocked to learn that House committee was sending mail into the committee members' districts. During yesterday's Committee on Rules hearing on the appropriations bill for the legislative branch, we learned that the Committee on Resources is sending mail to committee members' districts touting the individual Member's accomplishments on that committee. Mailed under the chairman's frank, these laudatory mail pieces are sent out as Committee on Resources reports. But listen to what they say: "Members of Arizona's congressional delegation are making a difference for Arizonans every day through their work on the House Committee on Resources. Arizona is fortunate to have Congressmen Rick Renzi, J.D. Hayworth, Jeff Flake and Raul Grijalva on these important issues." It goes on to read, "Committee members Renzi, Hayworth and Flake supported the Healthy Forest Restoration Act, which provides resource managers with the tools they need to combat the dangers of overstocked forests." I ask unanimous consent to have four of these committee mailings submitted for the Record.”