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unsubscribe -----Original Message----- From: Bonnie Rowley <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 6:43 AM Subject: (fwd) SPECIAL PRIVACY UPDATE: House May Vote Thursday to Kill KYC >For those who might be interested, I am fwd the following post that came to >me. > >In a message dated 6/30/1999 8:08:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > >> ----------------------------------------- >> URGENT ACTION ITEM! House may vote Thursday >> on measure to kill "Know Your Customer" >> ----------------------------------------- >> >> * Immediate action required! Please telephone your Representative >> >> We've just been informed that the U.S. House may vote Thursday, >> July 1, on an amendment that would kill all "Know Your Customer" >> rules and regulations permanently. >> >> The measure is called the Paul-Barr-Campbell Financial Privacy >> Amendment to HR 10. The amendment would accomplish all of >> the goals of the Know Your Customer Sunset Act (HR 516). >> >> Please contact your House representative immediately and ask >> him or her to *support* this amendment. >> >> Note that we can't be certain that this vote will actually take >> place on Thursday, but we're acting on the latest information >> available on Capitol Hill as of Tuesday evening. If we waited >> until we were certain of a vote, it would be too late to alert you! >> >> Those of you whose House representative sits on the Rules >> Committee can play an especially important role. (See below.) >> >> WHAT TO DO: Immediately call the Capitol Hill switchboard at >> 202-225-3121 or 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected to your >> representative's office. Then politely tell the staffer, or >> leave a voice mail message, saying: >> >> (1) You are a voter in their district, and leave your name, >> address, and telephone number. >> >> (2) Ask them to vote YES on the Paul-Barr-Campbell Financial >> Privacy Amendment to HR 10 when it comes to a vote on Thursday. >> >> The Capitol switchboard is open 24 hours a day, so please call >> regardless of when you get this message. If your representative >> has voice mail (and most do) you will be connected to their office. >> Please call if you get this anytime before late Thursday night. >> >> Remember, call -- don't e-mail -- because there's not enough time >> for the office staff to download, print, and count e-mail messages >> before the vote. >> >> WHAT TO DO IF YOUR REPRESENTATIVE SITS ON THE RULES COMMITTEE: >> >> Look at the list of the 13 Rules Committee members below and see if >> one of them represents your district. If so, call 202-225-3121 or >> 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected to their office. Then tell them: >> >> (1) You are a voter in their district, and leave your name, address, >> and telephone number. >> >> (2) Vote to *ALLOW* a full House vote on the Paul-Barr-Campbell >> Financial Privacy Amendment to HR 10. Tell them you know this >> amendment would kill the Know Your Customer regulation, which is >> a violation of your financial privacy. >> >> David Dreier (CA) >> Porter Goss (FL) >> John Linder (GA) >> Deborah Price (OH) >> Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL) >> Doc Hastings (WA) >> Sue Myrick (NC) >> Pete Sessions (TX) >> Tom Reynolds (NY) >> John Joseph Moakley (MA) >> Martin Frost (TX) >> Tony Hall (OH) >> Louise McIntosh-Slaughter (NY) >> >> -------------------------------- >> >> DefendYourPrivacy.com is provided as a public service >> by the Libertarian Party. >> >> To join the Libertarian Party please visit >> http://www.LP.org/lp-membership.html >> >> To request information about the Libertarian Party, please visit >> http://www.LP.org/lp-membership-iform.html >> >> To support DefendYourPrivacy.com financially, please visit >> http://www.LP.org/lp-kyc-contrib.html >> >> -------------------------------- >> >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE, >> simply hit REPLY and put the word >> >> unsubscribe >> >> in the SUBJECT header. >> >> IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION >> that requires an answer, YOU MUST >> mailto:[log in to unmask] >> Replies to the List Manager will be deleted >> from our mailing list. >> >> -------------------------------- >> >