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Make Contact
Here's How it Works
Contact your senators and representatives about Head Start reauthorization. We've provided hotlinks to legislative sites, as well as a letter and a phone script as a guide.
For e-mail messages
- Copy the sample letter here.
- Determine the legislator you want to contact.
- Go to the appropriate link (below) for the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives or for your State House or Senate.
- Find your senator or representative by zip code, state, district or name, as requested on the site.
- Go to the appropriate contact button for that individual and create an e-mail message.
- Paste the letter in.
- Customize the letter as you wish, providing the requested name and address information.
Push send.
For U.S. Mail letters
- If you use Microsoft Word, click on the Word file provided here, sampleletter.doc, to download and save to your hard drive.
- OR, if you use another program, click on the sample letter and copy the text in the box. Then, open a word processing document and paste the letter into it.
- Determine the legislator you wish to contact.
- Go to the appropriate link (below) for the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, or your State House or Senate.
- Find your senator or representative by zip code, state, district or name, as requested on the site.
- Copy the name and address of the legislator. Note: because of heightened Washington postal security precautions, it is quicker and more effective to mail letters to your legislator's local office.
- Customize the letter to add your own thoughts, points of view and any personal experiences you have had or know about that might demonstrate your ideas.
- Be sure to include your name and address.
- Print the letter and sign it.
- Stamp and mail the letter to the correct address (preferably the legislator's local office).
- Review the script provided and customize it to reflect your point of view and any personal experiences you have had.
- Determine the legislator you wish to contact.
- Go to the appropriate link (provided) for the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, or your State House or Senate.
- Find your senator or representative by zip code, state, district or name, as requested on the site.
- Locate and dial the phone number and deliver your message.
Contact Information for Iowa Congressional Delegation
You may contact either of our senators and the representative from your district by telephone, e-mail or mail. It is suggested that letters be mailed to one of their Iowa offices because of security delays in mail sent to Washington, D.C.
Senator Charles Grassley
Washington Office:
135 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-1501
Phone: (202) 224-3744 Fax: (202) 224-6020
Main District Office:
210 Walnut St., 721 Fed. Bldg.
Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: (515) 284-4890 Fax: (515) 284-4069
E-mail: Contact via web site: www.grassley.senate.gov
Senator Tom Harkin
Washington Office:
731 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-1502
Phone: (202) 224-3254 Fax: (202) 224-9369
Main District Office:
210 Walnut St., Rm. 733
Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: (515) 284-4574 Fax: (515) 284-4937
E-mail: Contact via web site: www.harkin.senate.gov
Representative Jim Nussle - 1st District
Washington Office:
303 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1501
Phone: (202) 225-2911 Fax: (202) 225-9129
Main District Office:
712 W. Main St.
Manchester, IA 52057
Phone: (563) 927-5141 Fax: (563) 927-5087
E-mail: Contact via web site: www.nussle.house.gov
Representative Jim Leach - 2nd District
Washington Office:
2186 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1502
Phone: (202) 225-6576 Fax: (202) 226-1278
Main District Office:
129 12th St., SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52403-4074
Phone: (319) 363-4773 Fax: (319) 363-5008
E-mail: Contact via web site: www.leach.house.gov
Representative Leonard Boswell - 3rd District
Washington Office:
1427 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1503
Phone: (202) 225-3806 Fax: (202) 225-5608
Main District Office:
300 E. Locust, Ste. 320
Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: (515) 282-1909 Fax: (515) 282-1785
E-mail: Contact via web site: www.boswell.house.gov
Representative Tom Latham - 4th District
Washington Office:
440 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1504
Phone: (202) 225-5476 Fax: (202) 225-3301
Main District Office:
213 North Duff Ave., Ste. 1
Ames, IA 50010
Phone: (515) 232-2885 Fax: (515) 232-2844
E-mail: Contact via web site: www.latham.house.gov
Representative Steve King - 5th District
Washington Office:
1432 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1505
Phone: (202) 225-4426 Fax: (202) 225-3193
Main District Office:
607 Lake Ave.
Storm Lake, IA 50588
Phone: (712) 732-4197
E-mail: Contact via web site: www.house.gov/steveking
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