As the US Government prepares to spend billions of our taxpayer dollars on this vital Information Highway thing, I was encouraged to see that my very own Representative (the Honorable Elizabeth Furse) is learning to use the Net. Specifically, her staff have been posting Rep. Furse's congressional speeches to or.politics. I wrote to her staff, thanking them for the postings. This is the letter I got back. I swear I am not making any of this up. - - - - - Return-Path: <FURSEOR1@HR.HOUSE.GOV> Date: 28 Feb 1994 16:18:16 EST From: "OR01.FURSE" <FURSEOR1@HR.HOUSE.GOV> Subject: REP. FURSE'S EMAIL ADDRESS To: tcox@netcom.com Thank you for contacting my office regarding our postings to the or.politics bulletin board. I appreciated hearing from you. I am pleased to announce that I have begun utilizing the [A[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[B[B[B[A[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[[C[C[C[C group or.politics to help keep constituents appraised of current issues in Congress that affect them. I was pleased to hear that you found the information useful. I can also accept Email at FURSEOR0[D1@HR.HOUSE.GOV. I am pleased to be the first member of Congress to utili[C[C[C[C[D both email and[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[DE[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[Ca news group to communicate with constituents. I hope you will contact me regarding matters of concern to you. If I may ever be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact my office. [A[A[A[B[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[- D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D [B[B[[A[A[A[A[AOP[D[B[B[B[B[B[B[B.c [A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[- A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[B[B[B[B[B[B[B[B[ D[D[D[D[A[A[A[A [B[B[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D Elizabeth Furse
(From the "Rest" of RHF)