I find it helpful to have short scripts available to send to our representatives in Washington. An article educates us, an available script gives us a simple way to tell our representatives our personal view.
Thank you for the response! Trying to decide if we should have this type of post once a week or have them sporadically across posts as they become relevant.
I appreciate the scripted suggestions. Since I live in a Red state and often receive little to no positive feedback from my representatives, I choose to consolidate these suggestions into one document to save time. I have no expectation that they will act on any of my requests, as they have never done so before, but I refuse to give up. Here is my template from this week's suggestions. I leave out the two items for my Senate reps and tweak as necessary. Thanks again for your suggestions and scripts.
I am a resident of Georgetown, KY. This week, I am writing to request that my House representatives address the following eight items:
1. Oppose a clean extension of Section 702. Support a warrant requirement for searches involving Americans’ data.
Congress granted a 10-day extension for Section 702, expiring April 30. Please oppose a clean reauthorization and support a warrant requirement for searches of Americans' communications.
2. Oppose a blank-check expansion of immigration enforcement funding. Oppose fast-tracking massive enforcement increases without meaningful oversight and due-process protection.
I oppose any reconciliation package that significantly increases funding for ICE and Border Patrol without proper oversight, transparency, and due process protection. I cannot support the blank-check expansion of immigration enforcement.
3. Support TPS protections. Oppose stripping legal status from people already living and working here under the existing law.
The House has passed a bill to extend TPS protections for Haitians for three years, with the Supreme Court set to hear related cases on April 29. Please support TPS protections for Haitians and Syrians and oppose efforts to strip legal status from those already living and working here.
4. Demand oversight of immigration-court politicization. Defend judicial independence. Protect due process in deportation proceedings.
Since January of last year, the National Association of Immigration Judges reports that 113 judges have been fired, including those who blocked deportation orders. Please support oversight of immigration courts, defend judicial independence, and protect due process in deportation proceedings.
5. Defend the CFPB. Preserve staffing and enforcement capacity. Oppose the effort to reduce the agency’s ability to function.
The administration has ended the lease at the CFPB’s headquarters and seeks court approval to cut the agency's workforce to about one-third. Created to protect people from abusive financial practices, the CFPB deserves your support. I urge you to defend it by preserving its staff and enforcement capacity and opposing efforts to weaken it.
6. Support Virginia’s Law and push for movement out of committee
I urge you to support Virginia’s Law, which would eliminate the federal statute of limitations for certain civil claims by survivors of sexual abuse and trafficking, and include a one-year lookback for older claims. Survivors deserve justice without arbitrary deadlines. Please support this bill.
7. Vote no on H.R. 4690 and H.R. 5587
H.R. 4690 and H.R. 5587 are up for a vote this week. H.R. 4690 would repeal federal energy-efficiency standards, while H.R. 5587 would exempt some geothermal drilling from environmental reviews. I urge you to vote no on both bills, as I do not support weakening energy-efficiency standards or environmental protections.
8. Vote no on H.R. 1897
H.R. 1897, the ESA Amendments Act of 2025, is up for a vote this week. Please vote no. This bill adds economic-impact requirements for species listings, alters critical habitat rules, and limits judicial review of delisting. The Endangered Species Act has successfully prevented extinction for 99% of listed species, and these changes would weaken those crucial protections.
I would like to know your position on these matters.
These are extremely helpful in knowing what issues are being addresses and when but there are no emails listed in any site , each rep or senator has a form to fill out and I don't know if you can do multiple issues on one form. Do you list all the issues in the subject matter or are you forces to do individual emails?
This is one of the most annoying parts of congressional outreach right now, imo... A handful of offices use contact forms instead of direct public email addresses is what I'm learning, if the form only really fits one issue, I would prioritize the most urgent one and then send separate messages for the others when possible. 🤔
I find it helpful to have short scripts available to send to our representatives in Washington. An article educates us, an available script gives us a simple way to tell our representatives our personal view.
Thank you for the response! Trying to decide if we should have this type of post once a week or have them sporadically across posts as they become relevant.
I appreciate the scripted suggestions. Since I live in a Red state and often receive little to no positive feedback from my representatives, I choose to consolidate these suggestions into one document to save time. I have no expectation that they will act on any of my requests, as they have never done so before, but I refuse to give up. Here is my template from this week's suggestions. I leave out the two items for my Senate reps and tweak as necessary. Thanks again for your suggestions and scripts.
I am a resident of Georgetown, KY. This week, I am writing to request that my House representatives address the following eight items:
1. Oppose a clean extension of Section 702. Support a warrant requirement for searches involving Americans’ data.
Congress granted a 10-day extension for Section 702, expiring April 30. Please oppose a clean reauthorization and support a warrant requirement for searches of Americans' communications.
2. Oppose a blank-check expansion of immigration enforcement funding. Oppose fast-tracking massive enforcement increases without meaningful oversight and due-process protection.
I oppose any reconciliation package that significantly increases funding for ICE and Border Patrol without proper oversight, transparency, and due process protection. I cannot support the blank-check expansion of immigration enforcement.
3. Support TPS protections. Oppose stripping legal status from people already living and working here under the existing law.
The House has passed a bill to extend TPS protections for Haitians for three years, with the Supreme Court set to hear related cases on April 29. Please support TPS protections for Haitians and Syrians and oppose efforts to strip legal status from those already living and working here.
4. Demand oversight of immigration-court politicization. Defend judicial independence. Protect due process in deportation proceedings.
Since January of last year, the National Association of Immigration Judges reports that 113 judges have been fired, including those who blocked deportation orders. Please support oversight of immigration courts, defend judicial independence, and protect due process in deportation proceedings.
5. Defend the CFPB. Preserve staffing and enforcement capacity. Oppose the effort to reduce the agency’s ability to function.
The administration has ended the lease at the CFPB’s headquarters and seeks court approval to cut the agency's workforce to about one-third. Created to protect people from abusive financial practices, the CFPB deserves your support. I urge you to defend it by preserving its staff and enforcement capacity and opposing efforts to weaken it.
6. Support Virginia’s Law and push for movement out of committee
I urge you to support Virginia’s Law, which would eliminate the federal statute of limitations for certain civil claims by survivors of sexual abuse and trafficking, and include a one-year lookback for older claims. Survivors deserve justice without arbitrary deadlines. Please support this bill.
7. Vote no on H.R. 4690 and H.R. 5587
H.R. 4690 and H.R. 5587 are up for a vote this week. H.R. 4690 would repeal federal energy-efficiency standards, while H.R. 5587 would exempt some geothermal drilling from environmental reviews. I urge you to vote no on both bills, as I do not support weakening energy-efficiency standards or environmental protections.
8. Vote no on H.R. 1897
H.R. 1897, the ESA Amendments Act of 2025, is up for a vote this week. Please vote no. This bill adds economic-impact requirements for species listings, alters critical habitat rules, and limits judicial review of delisting. The Endangered Species Act has successfully prevented extinction for 99% of listed species, and these changes would weaken those crucial protections.
I would like to know your position on these matters.
Thank you,
Thank you for this! This is such a strong example of persistence. This is exactly the practical adaptation that can help others!!!
Do continue the sample scripts. This is a tremendous help and I believe could help increase participation from more people.
This is really helpful to hear. If people are finding the scripts useful, that makes a strong case for making this a regular thing for sure.
If you struggle to get in contact with either of your senators try their other local offices. I have had to multiple times for one of my Senators.
Thanks for these. Also, please consider adding the databroker loophole to the FISA script.
Thank you! I’m glad you flagged that. It's been added in & updated.✨
Please share this by reposting and make your phone calls and emails count before the deadline 🤔
Kevin Walsh is an Epstein Class, in the Files but a minor role
Kevin Walsh is an Epstein Class, in the Files but a minor role
Kevin Walsh is an Epstein Class, in the Files but a minor role.
These are extremely helpful in knowing what issues are being addresses and when but there are no emails listed in any site , each rep or senator has a form to fill out and I don't know if you can do multiple issues on one form. Do you list all the issues in the subject matter or are you forces to do individual emails?
This is one of the most annoying parts of congressional outreach right now, imo... A handful of offices use contact forms instead of direct public email addresses is what I'm learning, if the form only really fits one issue, I would prioritize the most urgent one and then send separate messages for the others when possible. 🤔