How to Contact our Federal Legislators
The U.S. Congress has two chambers — the House of Representatives (435 total members) and the Senate (100 members; two from each state).
House of Representatives
Our member of the House is superb — Lloyd Doggett.
You can get his occasional updates by newsletter list by going to his official website and scrolling down until you see “Stay Connected.”
You can call him in Washington, DC at 202-225-4865, or call his local office at 512-916-5921.
You can send him an e-mail by using this webpage.
U.S. Senate
Our two U.S. Senators are Republicans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. These are the officials most worth contacting, simply because we want them to hear from thousands and thousands of constituents.
They have very different personalities. They both have pledged fealty to President Trump, fearful of what he would do if they crossed him, but their histories are quite different:
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- Ted Cruz has always been strident, far-right, and provocative. Since losing to Trump in the 2016 primary contest and being insulted and humiliated by him, he has become hard-core MAGA. He was easily re-elected for another six-year term last fall.
- John Cornyn, on the other hand, has a more professional and moderate manner. He was a Texas Supreme Court Justice and a Texas Attorney General back in the days when bipartisanship was more in vogue. But that history has made him vulnerable to a possible opponent from the far right in the Republican primary for his re-election race in 2026. He was booed at last year’s Texas Republican convention. Some observers believe that he will inevitably lose his primary. Since the election in November 2024, he has only rarely expressed any disagreement with President Trump (he stated that Russia started the war in Ukraine when asked about Trump’s statement to the contrary). But if he decides that defeat in 2026 is certain and thoughts about his legacy looms large, he may be a good vote on a few issues.
It’s important for them to know that large numbers of voters are very much opposed to Trump’s various actions. This awareness might make it possible to exploit any “cracks in the dam” that arise — we always have to be ready for that. Cornyn is also more likely than Cruz to have institutional respect for the Constitutional responsibilities of the U.S Senate as a “check and balance” in our system.
It’s relatively easy to send the same message to both Senators. Write it in Word first and the copy and paste separately into each of their contact forms (see below for the links). Important advice: In your draft in Word, insert double-paragraph breaks. Then when you paste it into each Senator’s contact form, it appears as a single break.
Contacting Senator Cruz:
To send him an e-mail, go to his “contact” website here. At the end, you can check “Yes” — you want a response.
To call his Washington, DC office, the phone number is 202-224-5922. It may be impossible to get a live human being (this year they are often deluged with calls), but you can leave a message.
As an alternative, you can call his Austin office at 512-916-5834, and have a slightly better chance of talking with a human being.
Contacting Senator Cornyn:
To send him an e-mail, go to his “contact” website here. At the end, you can check “Yes” — you want a response.
To call his Washington, DC office, the phone number is 202-224-2934. As with Senator Cruz, it may be impossible to get a live human being, but you can leave a message.
As an alternative, you can call his Austin office at 512-469-6034, and have a slightly better chance of talking with a human being.