{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fulcher.house.gov/2019/10/31/id-fc8b669f-697c-41b1-9c0b-811be462b989/", "Mailing Company Mistakenly Sends to CD02\u2013 All Taxpayer Funds Reimbursed", "2019-10-31", "2019", "2019-10", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Russ Fulcher", "F000469", "fulcher.house.gov", "fulcher", "https://fulcher.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Contact:\n\nAlexah Rogge\n\n202-225-6611\n\nalexah.rogge@mail.house.gov\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Earlier this week, Congressman Russ Fulcher sent out an informational mailer to update his constituents in Idaho\u2019s First District. The company used to print and ship this mailer mistakenly sent 15% to residents of the neighboring Second District, represented by Congressman Mike Simpson. The costs associated with this error have been reimbursed.\n\nCongressman Simpson replied to Congressman Fulcher\u2019s tweet about the vendor\u2019s error, \u201cNo Worries, Russ.\u201d\n\nRep. Fulcher commented, \u201cIt is my responsibility to talk to my constituents and mailers are an efficient avenue. My team swiftly realized the printing company\u2019s mistake and due diligence was taken to quickly resolve this situation. We will continue to keep in touch with First District Idahoans and I appreciate all of the positive feedback and suggestions we\u2019ve already received from this mailer.\u201d\n\nRep. Fulcher\u2019s Communications Director stated earlier this week, \u201cAs a Freshman Member of Congress, it is important that Rep. Fulcher communicate with his ID-01 constituents\u2013 to let them know of our office locations, contact information, the services our office provides, and to ask for their feedback on current issues. Mailers are a very effective way of doing this; but Congressional offices cannot execute a project of this size inside of their own office, so it is typical to use a third party vendor to handle the logistics of printing and sending out the mailer. The vendor that was used made a mistake when sorting the addresses and a portion of people in the Second District received the mailing. The vendor has taken complete responsibility for this mistake and the vendor has reimbursed the taxpayer dollars that were associated with this error.\u201d\n\nThe Idaho Statesman also reported on this issue, \u201cCompany errs in sending out Idaho congressman\u2019s mailing, reimburses taxpayers\u2019 cost.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:39:44Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://fulcher.house.gov/2019/10/31/id-fc8b669f-697c-41b1-9c0b-811be462b989/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.793866977095604, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}