ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 13, Number 66 September 21, 2004 In This Issue: CALL YOUR SENATOR NOW TO RESTORE YOUR FREEDOM! Senate Hearing on the SAFE Act This Week [The following has been reprinted from the Bill of Rights Defense Committee: www.bordc.org] In a surprise move, the US Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on the SAFE Act (S-1709) this Wednesday, September 22, at 10am EST. The SAFE Act, authored by Senators Larry Craig of Idaho and Richard Durbin of Illinois, both increases the effectiveness of antiterrorism efforts and protects the civil liberties of law-abiding U.S. citizens and residents. It is a bi-partisan bill supported by Republicans and Democrats that, among other things, restores protections for the privacy of bookstore and library records that were eliminated by Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. If you live in any of the states listed below, please call your Senator on the Judiciary Committee (numbers provided). If you live in other states, please call your home Senators. Express your support for the SAFE Act and, if the Senator is a supporter, thank him or her for standing behind civil liberties. BORDC thanks the Campaign for Reader Privacy for compiling this information. If you have not already, please sign their petition at . ALABAMA Sen. Jeff Sessions (ask for Prim Formby at 202-224-4124) ARIZONA Sen. Jon Kyl (ask for Elizabeth Maier 202-224-4521) CALIFORNIA Sen. Dianne Feinstein (ask for David Hantman 202-224-3841) DELAWARE Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (ask for Neil MacBride 202-224-5042) GEORGIA Sen. Saxby Chambliss (ask for John Gillies 202-224-3521) IDAHO Sen. Larry Craig (ask for Pam Thier 202-224-2752) *Senator Craig is the author of the SAFE Act. ILLINOIS Sen. Richard J. Durbin (ask for Joe Zogby 202-224-2152) *Senator Durbin is a co-author of the SAFE Act. IOWA Sen. Charles E. Grassley (ask for Chad Groover 202-224-5564) MASSACHUSETTS Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (ask for Tony Marks 202-224-4543) *Senator Kennedy is a co-sponsor of the SAFE Act. NEW YORK Sen. Charles E. Schumer (ask for Judiciary Committee staff 202-224-6542) NORTH CAROLINA Sen. John Edwards (ask for Stephanie Jones 202-224-3154) OHIO Sen. Mike DeWine (ask for Patrick Tunno 202-224-2315) PENNSYLVANIA Sen. Arlen Specter (ask for MaryBeth LaVerghetta 202-224-4254) *Senator Specter is a co-sponsor of the SAFE Act. SOUTH CAROLINA Sen. Lindsey Graham (ask for James Galyean 202-224-5972) TEXAS Sen. John Cornyn (ask for Meredith Mino 202-224-2934) UTAH Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (ask for CAT 202-224-5225) *Senator Hatch is the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. VERMONT Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (ask for Julie Katzman 202-224-4242) *Senator Leahy is the ranking democratic member of the Judiciary Committee WISCONSIN Sen. Russell D. Feingold (ask for Bob Schiff 202-224-5323) *Senator Feingold is a co-author of the SAFE Act. WISCONSIN Sen. Herbert Kohl (ask for Jennifer Green 202-224-5653) ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: alawash@alawash.org; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Carol Ashworth, Don Essex, Joshua Farrelman, Patrice McDermott and Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Carrie Lowe, Kathy Mitchell, Carrie Russell. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy.