> Look, if you can't find a stamp and an envelope, I understand. :)

Jim and I have been having a little off-list discussion on this.  The  
basis of my problem was that I missed the last part of his post, in  
which he explained why he made the statements in the first part.  Not  
his fault that I'm incapable of reading email.

As it turns out, you can't send email to the top two people on Jim's  
list anyway (unless you happen to be in their district).  I'm hoping  
that by providing the information below I might motivate a few people  
to actually do something more than have good intentions . . .

1) Chairman of the House Ag Committee, Bob Goodlatte of Roanoke, VA
His web site is http://www.house.gov/goodlatte/
Mailing information is at http://www.house.gov/goodlatte/contact.htm
He will not accept email unless you're in his district.

2) Ranking Minority Member Collin Peterson of MN
His web site is http://collinpeterson.house.gov/ [Nice consistency  
there in the URL construction, eh?]
Mailing address is rather cleverly hidden at http:// 
collinpeterson.house.gov//staff.html [and no, I didn't put the double  
slash in the URL]
He won't accept email either, if you're not in his district.

3) Your state's Congresscritters.  Every darn one of them.
As we've seen above, the norm seems to be for members of the House of  
Representatives not to accept email from people outside their district.
To find your senator, go to http://www.senate.gov/ and use the box in  
the upper right corner.  To find your representative, go to http:// 
www.house.gov/ and enter your ZIP code in the upper left.  In both  
cases you'll be directed to an information page that includes a page  
to send them your comments electronically.  These pages also contain  
a mailing address if you take Jim's words to heart and decide to send  
a letter or post card.

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