Early this morning I contacted my Congressman’s office. My Congressman is John Spratt of the 5th Congressional District in SC.

He’s a Democrat but I have been known to vote for him in the past. When his aide answered I gave her my name and address and then told her there were three things I wanted to discuss.

I asked her to pass the message on to the Congressman that I wanted him to vote yes on the new supplemental spending bill for the military and they could fight the battle for time lines later.

I then told her I wanted to address illegal immigration and that I thought we need to secure the border first, look for those with expired visas and deport them and not give amnesty to an entire family because the head of the household would get a worker’s permit after returning to his country of origin. I respectfully asked to have each immigrant learn our language and wait in line before becoming citizens.

My last request was that Congressman Spratt would possibly sponsor legislation that would free the Border guards that US Attorney Johnny Sutton seems to have taken so much pleasure in prosecuting and putting in jail for long periods of time.

I asked that a pardon for all these officers be put into the bill as long as they didn’t deliberately murder anyone.

Then I was off to Senator DeMint’s office, where I expressed my same concerns and was met with a more positive attitude about the border patrol agents and the immigration issue.

I was unable to contact Senator Lindsey Graham’s office, as I suspect a lot of his constituents are contacting him right now to tell them what they think of the immigration bill.

Although I stated what I want in an immigration bill, I am realistic enough to know I won’t get it all at one time. Let’s get passed what we can now and fight the other battles later on, just as I suggested we do with time lines to Congressman Spratt’s office.

I urge each of you to also contact your Congressman and Senators in a respectful way and make your requests known.

I then went downstairs to check if my dog was in and promptly slipped all the way down from the third step to the bottom, hurting my hip and back. That’s why I’ve been scarce today. :”>

Written by ~J~

3 Responses to “Contacting Congressman and Senator”

1. Sue says:

   May 22, 2007 at 11:07 pm

   If we could get enough people do contact these offices personally and not just email I believe it would help get things moving on many issues.

   I have done this in the past and will continue to do so but now with the loss of Senator Santorum there is never much of a response in this state. Senator Specter is famous for never answering mail and his staff is very rehearsed in all of their responses when you call.

   Sorry to hear about your fall..take care of that hip and back.
2. ~J~ says:

   May 23, 2007 at 2:10 am

   Nothing hurt but some muscles and my pride. :”>
3. ~J~ says:

   May 23, 2007 at 2:52 am

   Another problem with contacting them is they won’t talk to you unless you are their constituent. Try calling Speaker Pelosi’s office or emailing her. I emailed her once and got a standard reply I was not her constituent and if I were contacting her in her capacity of Speaker of the House to use a different address, which she provided. Sadly, I never got a response even after sending it over there, and it was a polite email.