Connecting with federal lawmakers

Elected officials at the local and state levels of government are certain to spend time in the months ahead discussing issues of significance to your trucking business. The same can certainly be said for your federal lawmakers.

With the first session of the 118th U.S. Congress convening in January, lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are already hard at work, so it’s time to start the communication process with them.

Congressional switchboard

Call the Capitol switchboard operator at 202-224-3121 to be transferred to the office of your representative or senator. All you have to do is provide the operator your home ZIP code.

You can also contact your legislators at their district offices. The district offices are their home base when they are not in D.C. Contact information is available on their congressional website, on their social media page, and via internet search engines.

Congressional addresses

You need to know only two mailing addresses to send correspondence to your U.S. representative and senators, no matter who they are.

For Senators:

Office of Sen. (Name)

U.S. Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510

You don’t need to know what building their office is in or their room number. You just need the correct ZIP code, and your letter will get there.

To correspond via email, some representatives and senators have email addresses while others post comment forms on their websites. LL