Thank you very much for contacting my office about an issue that I know concerns you greatly.  Please know that I have acknowledged and registered your opinion, and I greatly appreciate hearing your views.

If you reside in the 5th Congressional District and have included your name, address and zip code, you will receive a more detailed response shortly.  If you have not included this information, please resend your message or visit my website at http://www.house.gov/ackerman/pages/contact.html to log in your commments.

As a matter of Congressional Courtesy, I can only respond to correspondence from within my own district.

Thank you once again.  Your comments are an integral part of the political process, without them I would not be able to make the decisions that affect our  community and our nation.