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EMAIL CENTER

Updated as of October 2008.

The E-mail Center is divided into governmental branches. Click below on the branch you want to contact:

The Whitehouse and the Congress;Congressional committees and subcommittees, District and State senate and delegates; District, Maryland, and Virginia county/city councils.

To send an e-mail, click on one of the underlined names and a "mail to" form will come up. Enter the subject of your letter and fill in the text you want. Then hit the SEND button. If you want to send a copy to other elected members of Congress, you can click here to go to a Senate directory to look up a senator's email address. The House side is more difficult as many members operate with individual websites. Many of them use the format: Rep. (lastname)@mail.house.gov. Also you can click here to go to a House directory. It's a place to start. If you want to send copies to more than one person, separate the e-mail addresses with a comma.

For pointers on writing to members of Congress or the President, Click here.

Listed below are a number of Congressional committees and subcommittees which play a major role in determining what aviation related legislation is submitted to the whole Senate or House. Contacting the Chair of these bodies will also put them on notice to yours on our concerns. Again just click on the name if it shows in blue.

Direct email is mostly through individual's website and is not published for security reasons.

It may be easier to call their committee telephone number listed below OR

Call 202/224-3121 and ask for the Senator or Representative you want.

Tips on Contacting a Member

Before 9/11, the preferred way to contact members of Congress was the regular letter. However, because of the anthrax scare and the security issues, email is now the preferred way to contact your govenment. You can still send a regular letter, but it may take a lot longer to get a reply. Whether email or letter, the list of suggestions below will improve the effectiveness of the letter:

1. Your purpose for writing should be stated in the first paragraph of the email/letter. If your email/letter pertains to a specific piece of legislation, identify it accordingly,

2. Be courteous, to the point, and include key information, using examples to support

3. Address only one issue in each letter; and, if possible, keep the letter to one page.

4. Give your name and snail mail address.

Addressing Correspondence:

To a Senator: ---------

The Honorable (full name)
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator _____________

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To a Representative:---------

The Honorable (full name)
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Representative _________

Note: When writing to the Chair of a Committee or the Speaker of the House, it is proper to address them as:

Dear Mr. Chairman or Madam Chairwoman: or, Dear Madam Speaker.

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If you are writing to the President:

The Honorable (full name)
President of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. President: OR Mr. President: