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I received a letter today from Congressman Robert Wexler (D) representing the 19th District in Florida and thought I would share it with you.
Thank you for contacting my office to express your opposition to the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act (H.R. 4777). I appreciate your adovcacy of protecting liberty and privacy.
I believe that states should continue to have the prerogative to decide what types of gambling are legal within their borders. Because of the borderless nature of the Internet, Internet gambling sites often undermine the authority of state legislatures and provide unfair competition to the legal gambling entities that are regulated and pay taxes to their states. It is important for Congress to act to protect the rights of states. In previous sessions of Congress, I have voted in favor of similar bills, but I will certainly keep an open mind with regard to this issue and look forward to a health debate in House Judiciary and on the House Floor.
Again, I appreciate your input. Please call me anytime if I may be of help to you.
With warm regards,
Robert Wexler
I would be interested in seeing other letters anyone may have received from their elected officials regarding this bill so please post them.
I too would like to see more responses from other representatives.
At least this looks like a human response
Perhaps you could advise Congressman Wexler that Congress is not empowered to protect the rights of the states – the states do that themselves
Congress’ mandate is to protect the rights of the nation and thus if he intends to allow states to determine their own positions, he should
be voting AGAINST a federal act.Furthermore, let him know that many, if not most, operations are also in favor of paying taxes, whether they be state or federal taxes, in order to operate legally within their jurisdictions. By supporting any federal prohibition, he will be unwittingly helping to drive these operations further underground, and thus undermining his own government and state by depriving them of funds which they would receive from legalized online gambling.
Congress’ mandate is to protect the rights of the nation and thus if he intends to allow states to determine their own positions, he should
be voting AGAINST a federal act.Well-put, Ted.
