How to call Congressional offices:
Use the phone number for your member’s Washington DC office. Say that you would like to leave a
message for the Congress(wo)man. Use the template below to craft your message to the office.
This is how a call might go between a researcher from Seattle, Washington, and a Washington
Senator’s office.
Hello, Senator Murray’s office.
Hi, this is Dr. Bob Brown. I’m a constituent of Sen. Murray and I’d like to leave a message for her.
Of course! What is the message regarding?
Sequestration and budget cuts to science funding.
Thank you, sir. Please go ahead with your message.
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I am calling because I am very concerned about the budget cuts science, technology and
research programs will face under sequestration.
Budget cuts to research funding agencies, like the National Science Foundation and the National
Institute of Food and Agriculture, will mean fewer research grants can be funded and will
ultimately have a devastating effect on the research enterprise.
Our strong support of research and development has made America the global leader in
innovation and technology.
Now is NOT the time to allow further cuts to those research programs that represent the
backbone of our economy.
I am asking that Sen. Murray work with her colleagues in Washington to find long-term solutions
to deficit reduction that do not include further cuts to essential investments in science,
technology and research programs.
Thanks for your message. Can I get your full name, address, and telephone number?
Dr. Bob Brown, 1234 First Street, Seattle, Washington, 12345. (555) 222-3333.
Thank you. I will pass along your message to the Senator.
Thank you.