CONTACTING YOUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES

Although there are many ways to be heard, one of the most effective is the straight-forward
communication of your opinions to your elected representatives. A list of their addresses (telephone
numbers, fax numbers, emails if available, and snail mail addresses) is available -ALL of which are
good ways to contact them - but the more personal the better.

Letters and telephone calls--especially from voters in legislators’ own districts--really count.
Emails, according to legislative aides, are much less effective. These tips are designed to help you
make your point in the most effective manner, which includes being polite and respectful.

GENERAL TIPS:
• Be brief and to the point.
• Use specific facts and examples to illustrate your point.
Let them know how their votes affect constituents.
• If you're asked a question and don't know the answer, simply say so and offer to get back to them
(then do!).
• Don’t assume that legislators are as well-informed as you are. Explain the situation, tell them what
you think and ask them for their position on the issue.
• Letters or calls about a specific piece of legislation should include the bill number.

CALLING YOUR LEGISLATOR:

• Identify yourself to the person who answers the phone. Make sure you let them know that you are
a constituent in the legislator’s district.
• If the legislator is unavailable, give the staff member your message.
• Toll Free to Congressional offices in Washington DC – 800-965-4701 – ask for your
Congressperson or Senator.

WRITING LETTERS:
• Address your legislator as "Representative" or "Senator.”
• A one-page letter on a single topic is best. Be brief and specific.
• Be certain that your name and address are on the envelope and letter. Type or write legibly.
• Don't send form letters or postcards. They are not as effective as a well-written, personal letter.

IF the fax number at one office is busy it is okay to fax it to another!

IF the telephone number at one office is busy -try another - the staff at each of these offices
records the constituent's opinions on issues

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 Call Congress – Washington DC - Toll Free: 1-800-965-4701.
Senator Dianne Feinstein

Phone: (415) 393-0707 Fax: (415) 393-0710 - Washington DC: Phone: (202) 224-3841Fax: (202) 228-3954
San Francisco Address: One Post Street, Suite 2450 San Francisco, CA 94104

Senator Barbara Boxer

Phone: (415) 403-0100 Fax (415) 956-6701 – Washington DC: (202) 224-3553
San Francisco Address: 1700 Montgomery St., Suite 240San Francisco, CA 94111

Lynn C. Woolsey Calif. 6th District (Santa Rosa and San Rafael)
Phone: 415-507-9554 Fax: 415-507-9601 – 1050 Northgate Drive, Suite 140 San Rafael, CA 94903
Phone: 707-542-7182 Fax: 707-542-1101 College Avenue, Suite 200 Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Washington DC: Phone: 202-225-5161 Fax: 202-225-5163

George Miller Calif. 7th District (Richmond, Concord, Vallejo)

Phone: 510-262-6500 - 3220 Blume Drive, Suite 281 Richmond, CA 94806-1967
Phone: 925-602-1880 Fax: 925-674-0983 - 1333 Willow Pass Road, Suite 203 Concord, CA 94520
Phone: 707-645-1888 - 1410 Georgia Street Vallejo, CA 94590
Washington DC Phone: 202-225-2095 Fax: 202-225-5609

Nancy Pelosi Calif. 8th District (San Francisco)

Phone: (415) 556-4862 - 450 Golden Gate Ave., 14th Floor San Francisco, CA 94102
Washington DC Phone: (202) 225-4965 Fax: 202-225-4188

Barbara Lee Calif. 9th District (Oakland, Berkeley)

Phone: 510-763-0370 Fax: 510-763-6538 -1301 Clay Street Suite 1000 North Oakland, CA 94612
Washington, DC Phone: 202-225-2661 Fax: 202-225-9817

Ellen O. Tauscher Calif. 10th District (Walnut Creek, Dublin, Antioch)

Phone: 925-932-8899 Fax: 925-932-8159 - 1801 North California Boulevard, Suite 103 Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Phone: 925-829-0813 Fax: 925-829-7318 - 100 Civic Plaza, Suite 242 Dublin, CA 94568
Phone: 925-757-7187 - 420 W Third Street Antioch, CA 94509
Washington DC Phone: 202-225-1880 Fax: 202-225-5914

Tom Lantos Calif. 12th District (San Mateo, western San Francisco)
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Phone: 650-342-0300 Phone: 415-566-5257 Fax: 650-375-8270 - 400 South El Camino Real, Suite 410
San Mateo, CA 94402
Washington DC Phone: 202-225-3531 Fax: 202-225-7900

Fortney H. 'Pete' Stark Calif. 13th District (Fremont)

Phone: 510-494-1388 Fax: 510-494-5852 - 39300 Civic Center Drive, Suite 220 Fremont, CA 94538
Washington DC Phone: 202-225-5065 Fax: 202-226-3805

Anna G. Eshoo Calif. 14th District (Palo Alto)

Phone: 650-323-2984 Phone: 408-245-2339 Fax: 650-323-3498 - 698 Emerson Street Palo Alto, CA 94301
Washington DC Phone: 202-225-8104 Fax: 202-225-8890

Michael M. Honda Calif. 15th District (San Jose)

Phone: 408-244-8085 Fax: 408-244-8086 - 3550 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Suite 330 San Jose, CA 95117
Washington DC Phone: 202-225-2631 Fax: 202-225-2699

Zoe Lofgren Calif. 16th District (San Jose)

Phone: 408-271-8700 Fax: 408-271-8713 - 635 North First Street, Suite B San Jose, CA 95112
Washington DC Phone: 202-225-3072 Fax: 202-225-3336

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Specific Areas or other Congressional Representatives? Please find them by going to one of these
sites and plugging in your zip code:

http://www.womenforpeace.org/casenate.htm

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

http://www.house.gov

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Sample letter: this is just a sample - please create your own – a few sentences or a
couple of paragraphs - your words are the most powerful tool we have to bring peace!
Please mail of fax your letter – it is much more effective than email. Thanks.

(Download a MS Word document ready to edit)

Date:________

Dear Senator / or Representative_________,

As we have entered our fifth year of this unprovoked war, and are currently spending
$4,000 every second1 (almost $250,000 a minute!) in Iraq - it is clear to the vast majority
of Americans that the time has come to bring our troops home!
<use nationalpriorities.org if you would like to find out what one hour, or one day of this war would fund in your town or
district>

Please do all you can to end this tragic war. . Our schools are deteriorating, bridges are
collapsing and New Orleans is still in shambles. Almost half of working Americans are un
- or under- insured and a "health care crisis" is still the number one cause of personal
bankruptcy in the USA.2 The state of healthcare for Veterans is a disaster. 22,500 Iraq
and Afghanistan vets with PTSD - a battle wound like any other - have been discharged
wrongly (often dishonorably) with the misdiagnosis of "personality disorder" so they
receive no benefits.3

The British Medical Journal Lancet4 has estimated (conservatively) that 973,000 Iraqis
have died (over half women and children, and over 95% civilian) and another 2 million are
refugees in neighboring countries with no rights or privileges and 2 million more are
internally displaced - homeless and hungry.

It is time to bring all the troops home now, not next year or the year after, but bring them
home starting today. Vote to get the U.S. “Out of Iraq Now – Stop Funding this War –
Fund Human Needs here. Please let me know what you will do. Thank you

Sincerely,

1
Lynne Woolsey in House Foreign Affairs Committee 17 July 2007
2
Health Affairs Feb 2005
3
House Veterans Affairs Committee 25 July 2007
4
www.lancet.com - several reports since 2004

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