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Joe Pitts: “It is outrageous that any group would send mass mailings to Members of Congress under false pretenses, deceptively…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2003
It is outrageous that any group would send mass mailings to Members of Congress under false pretenses, deceptively putting someone's name on it without their knowledge or consent. We rely on the integrity of the mail so that we can reply in good faith; and when that good faith is undermined, it is shameful and a disgrace to the American democratic system.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Addressing concerns about organizations sending deceptive mass mailings to Congress.

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