In addition to the Hill Conferences/Visits that our committee has sponsored and attended, the Federal Relations Committee (FRC) also is tasked with keeping members up to date regarding legislation and with soliciting assistance from Tri-State members when letters and/or calls to our legislative representatives are needed. Please be sure that you follow up when you receive a call (or email, in most cases) from the FRC to contact your legislators about issues that are pending in Congress and the Senate. You are needed as an advocate, and we have truly found that despite what everyone may think, our voices really can make a difference! You don’t have to wait for us to let you know that there is a pending issue either; if you have something that you want to say to your Congressional or Senate representatives, you should contact them. Email or faxes are best (remember, they don’t like to open mail anymore after the anthrax scare 4 years ago, and by the time they are done screening and treating your letter, weeks may have passed).

To locate your Senators, go to www.senate.gov.
To locate your Congressman/Congresswoman, go to www.house.gov.

We have a template that you can use to frame your letter, so if you need a copy of that, email Beth McSweeney at bmcsween@umaryland.edu. Your opinion counts in D.C., so don’t hesitate to let your representatives know what you think!

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