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Communicating with Congress

The Basics

  • Find Your Congressional Representatives
  • How to write a letter to Congress
  • Example phone call to a Congressperson
  • How to set up a Congressional visit
  • Map of the U.S. Capitol Complex
  • American Chemical Society video on preparing for Congressional visits

NASA's Budget and Planetary Science Specifics 

  • Summary of Year-by-Year Budget Asks and Concerns
  • "Leave Behinds" - These are one page (double sided) summaries with talking points used during DPS FRS Congressional Visits. Below are links to the pdfs.
    • July 2020
    • February 2020
    • June 2018
  • Action Alerts - These are calls to action that the DPS puts out to its members regarding urgent issues
  • Example Talking Points about Planetary Science
  • Example Congressional Letter Regarding FY201X NASA Budget

Links to Other Useful Information

  • House Appropriations
  • House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science
  • House Science Committee
  • House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
  • Senate Appropriations
  • Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • Senate Commitee on Commerce, Science, and Transporation Subcommittee on Aviation and Space

This information is maintained by the DPS Federal Relations Subcommittee (FRS).

 

 

 

 

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