(fwd) SPECIAL PRIVACY UPDATE: House May Vote Thursday to Kill KYC

[Bonnie Rowley <BRowley368@xxxxxxx>]

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,
ListManager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

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>  URGENT ACTION ITEM! House may vote Thursday
>  on measure to kill "Know Your Customer"
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>
>  * 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)
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