FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 16^th, 2011

Erik's Correspondence Corner: Synthetic Drugs & Iran Sanctions

Washington, D.C. – With more than 1,000 letters, emails, tweets and Facebook posts sent in to his office this week, Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN-03) took time today to directly respond to questions sent in from Rogers and Greenfield on the topics of synthetic drug abuse and strengthening U.S. sanctions on Iran.  

In this week’s installment of Erik’s Correspondence Corner video series, Rep. Paulsen responds to Dawn in Rogers who called to express her concerns regarding the increased use of synthetic drugs by young Americans. Aaron in Greenfield wrote in asking for Rep. Paulsen’s opinion on strengthening sanctions against Iran as the regime continues to pursue nuclear capability.

View the video response here.

Each week, Representative Paulsen receives letters, emails, tweets, Facebook posts, and phone calls from constituents voicing their opinions. Through this video series, Representative Paulsen will regularly respond to constituent correspondence on a variety of topics.

Paulsen, a champion of small business and advocate of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, and innovation currently serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, and is co-chair of the Congressional U.S.–Korea Free Trade Working Group.

For more information on Rep. Paulsen’s work in Congress, and for past segments of  Erik's Correspondence Corner, please visit www.paulsen.house.gov.

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