Alliance of Wild Horse Advocates

HOW TO CONTACT CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATORS

• To locate the address of your US Senators (by state) Click Here.

  This site has a lookup box near the upper left corner of the page. Select your state and names of your two Senators, their mailing addresses, their phone numbers and e-mail contact links will be displayed. If you click on their names you will be linked to their web sites.

• To locate the address of your US Representative (by ZIP code) Click Here.

  This site has a lookup box near the upper left corner of the page. Enter your zip code and click "Go." The name of your representitive and a link to his web site will be displayed. The web site for each representative is styled differently, however there will always be a "Contact" link and usually the Representative's mailing address and telephone number will appear at or near the bottom of the page.

• To view a list of cosponsors for H.R. 297 Click Here.

Speaking as a veteran "noosepaper" reporter with more than 35 years of experience at making politicians uncomfortable, I strongly recommend delivering letters in person if possible, on constituent visiting days back in the home district, preferably early in the morning.

I learned long ago that if the first person a politician saw when he got out of his car to enter the office was me, already standing by the door, I would get immediate attention and the issue I was bringing to his/her attention would be taken very seriously. If I brought a cardboard box or file folder full of evidence with me, I would be taken more seriously still.

One person waiting at the door, engaged in discussion for even five minutes, is worth that person's weight in constituent mail--and one letter on paper, by the way, is worth enough voltage in e-mails to transmit any two politicians to Hades.