Louise Slaughter: “Just take a look at this. Right here, it says up at the top, ``Attention: Time-sensitive material. Contents to be opened…”

“Just take a look at this. Right here, it says up at the top, ``Attention: Time-sensitive material. Contents to be opened by addressee only. Obstruction of U.S. mail punishable by fines up to $2,000 and 5 years imprisonment.'' Now, imagine, one gets this envelope, which looks very much like the one one's Social Security check comes in, and it has everything in the world to make it look like it came from the government. Official communication, it says up there. Extremely urgent. Respond within 5 business days. Then over on the back, again, it says, ``Documents enclosed intended for the sole use of the addressee. Tampering is a Federal offense.'' This chart has been enlarged 4,000 times, and it is still barely readable. The fact that everybody, as the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. LoBiondo) said, is getting one of these almost every day in the mail is really a scandal. We know they are designed to confuse and mislead the recipients.…”