Below you will find the contact information for the House and Senate Members of the United States Congress. Email and phone calls are the best way to communicate with elected officials, and many have ways to send an message through their website. For tips on how best to communicate with legislators, see the next tab. Note that when writing paper letters to the Washington, DC offices, all representatives and senators have the following warning on their websites: Please note that mail sent to Congressional offices in Washington, DC must go through a very lengthy screening process. Letters are not only irradiated but are also vacuumed for possible contaminated substances. Because this process often delays letters for weeks, you may prefer to write to one of our [State] offices to ensure that your letter is delivered in a timely fashion.
UC Berkeley is located in California's 12th Congressional District. This district is represented by the Honorable Lateefa Simon.
Representative Lateefa Simon
Website: https://simon.house.gov/
Email: https://simon.house.gov/contact/email-me
California is represented by Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff in the U.S. Senate:
Senator Alex Padilla
Website: https://www.padilla.senate.gov/
Webform: Scroll down to the bottom of the Senate page to access the contact form.
Senator Padilla's Washington DC Office:
331 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-3553
Senator Padilla has offices throughout California. The closest office to UC Berkeley:
333 Bush Street
Suite 3225
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone coming soon (check his senate page for the latest info)
Senator Adam Schiff
Website: https://www.schiff.senate.gov/
Webform: https://www.schiff.senate.gov/contact/
Senator Schiff's Washington, DC Office:
SD-B40B, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone:(202) 224-3841
Senator Schiff is new and does not have an office in CA yet. This page will be updated when one is established.
To find the contact information of other members of the US House of Representatives, use one of the below sources.
Find Your Representative-From the House of Representatives website, use this page to lookup your representative and his or her contact information.
Congressional Directory-From the Government Publishing Office, use this page when you know your representatives name.
All U.S. Senators' contact information can also be found on the Senate website. The list can be sorted by name, state, party, or their re-election year.
Not all policy debates happen on the floor of Congress. Congressional members release statements, give interviews, and employ several social media strategies to get their points across. The following are some sources you can use to track what congressional members say outside of Congress.
