Push for Peace Corps

Why Gal Beckerman is Wrong

Rajeev Goyal — Mon, 16 May 2011 10:02:38 +0000

In recent weeks, the incidence of sexual assault of Peace Corps volunteers has (rightly) been in the spotlight and the subject of a Congressional inquiry. The callous handling of these incidents has been painful to the volunteers.

But we have also seen how Peace Corps critics are using this moment as a soapbox to pitch their misguided ideas about how to turn the Peace Corps into a development organization. In a recent Boston Globe article, RPCV Gal Beckerman suggests that because volunteers don’t deliver enough development, “Peace Corps may no longer have a real purpose.” Is that really true?

The glaring omission in Beckerman’s analysis is that there’s no discussion at all about whether “development” is always a good thing. I can think of many examples where development projects harmed the local environment or culture, or else made that community more vulnerable to exploitation or corruption. At the same time, what Beckerman overlooks, is that when volunteers do build something (cooperatively with the community), it is usually after spending lots of time in the field rather than air-dropping an aid project.

Peace Corps critic Paula Hirschoff, a two-time volunteer, is quoted as saying in the Boston Globe article, “Why should the American taxpayer in a time of horrendous budget cuts pay for these college grads to have a two-year vacation in a foreign land?” I would like to ask her if her own Peace Corps service was a paid vacation. If so, she should return the funds to the American taxpayer.

For me, Peace Corps was no vacation. It was one of the hardest experiences of my life. I was a recent college graduate but my youth was an asset. I came back with a very healthy skepticism about development and the impulse to bring things to scale.

Beckerman would like to see Peace Corps ”abandon the ‘go it alone policy’, and start collaborating with other big aid organizations.” But Peace Corps has always wisely defined itself against the development industrial complex.

Beckerman should realize that just because most volunteers don’t build a school or water well, doesn’t mean they left no contribution behind. That viewpoint undervalues the important impact teachers have made on their students (4 million of them in Africa alone since ‘61).

Perhaps the least convincing of the critics quoted by Beckerman is former Cameroon Country Director Robert Strauss (who was never a volunteer, but seems to really dislike them) who says, “The Peace Corps needs to start operating as an organization that is serious about efficiency and bang for the buck.”

Peace Corps does have some problems to fix, but efficiency is not one of them. At $374 million, the cost of the entire agency is tantamount to what is spent in a few hours prosecuting the pointless war in Iraq. If anything, the issue of sexual assaults shows how Congress should invest more so that victims of these horrible attacks can receive all of the support and medical attention they need for as long as they require.

You want bang for your buck? Go watch the next Harry Potter movie or something but stop using this moment as your soapbox.

It’s Time for the Peace Corps Administration to Wake up and Reform

Rajeev Goyal — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:47:06 +0000

Last week, Sargent Shriver, President Kennedy’s brother-in-law, passed away, at the age of 95. President Clinton said at the funeral that Sarge was the living embodiment of Kennedy’s quintessential challenge, “Ask not what your country can do for you.” President Obama described the founding father of the Peace Corps as “the brightest light of the greatest generation.” As awe-inspiring as the man being eulogized were his five children, Bobby, Tim, Mark, Tony and Maria, who have helped millions through the Special Olympics, Save the Children, and the Red Campaign. As I watched the funeral on a computer screen in Kathmandu, I thought to myself, this is no ordinary family.

Without Shriver’s genius and boundless energy, Kennedy’s 1960 campaign promise to create the Peace Corps, would have been a hollow dream. Shriver was its master builder. He crafted the Peace Corps in lightening speed and drafted the sharpest, grittiest minds in America to run it. If there were problems hurting the volunteers, he wanted to know. If something needed to be done, he got on a plane and did it. He was the best kind of leader, one that viewed rules as dispensable if they obstructed the ideals they were meant to realize. In just 5 years, he had 15,000 volunteers on the ground in nearly 50 nations, and Peace Corps was the darling of the American media. It was at once America’s culture and counter-culture. It was a political statement against war but existed outside the breaking dichotomy of party politics. It was the rare label that even those against the establishment embraced.

Though I never met Sarge, I know he would have wanted us to use his passing as a catalyst to build a new Peace Corps that was better. Before he developed Alzheimer’s disease which he fought with grace, he spoke at Yale University in 2002 as a vociferous critic of the Peace Corps, saying it had not gone far enough and had become mired in bureaucracy and protocols.

As an example of the lackluster administration of Peace Corps, even today, it takes nearly a year to get in. Peace Corps loses thousands of qualified candidates by making them wait a near-eternity for an acceptance. It’s time for us to challenge the agency itself, as Sarge did, even as we advocate for greater funding.

The new Peace Corps leadership, has had two years to bring reform but has not delivered. Many people such as Chuck Ludlam and Paula Hirschoff have laboriously researched and documented some of what needs to be done but Peace Corps has not listened to them or other constructive critics. Even in terms of growth, Peace Corps has announced it will stall out at just 9,500 volunteers. Rather than challenge the Obama Administration when it issued a directive to freeze the number of volunteers, they followed suit and did what they were told. Sarge never would have done that, especially if he had a third of the United States Congress endorsing a $100 million increase in 2012. He would have called everyone he knew in power to challenge that directive. While it’s true he had the advantage of being President Kennedy’s brother-in-law, we all have advantages but the question is whether we use them.

One of the things that has frustrated me in this campaign is the lack of tolerance for subtlety and nuance within Congress and the media. Why can’t we advocate for both robust growth and robust reform of the agency’s management? Now is the time to shift in that direction. If anything, the problems underscore the need for more reform funding.

I along with thousands of others have been a champion of expanding the Peace Corps budget and remain so. Considering how much federal money is squandered, it’s pitiful that we spend just $400 million a year on something as valuable as the Peace Corps, a sum equal to the budget of the army marching band. It’s condemnable that President Obama promised to double the budget to $750 million by the 50th anniversary in 2011 and did nothing. However, from this point on, we will also challenge the Peace Corps admin itself to deliver substantial and major reforms within the next 3 months. We will lobby the Peace Corps leadership as hard as we push the Congress to deliver changes expeditiously.

Sarge would have wanted it that way.

President Obama Does Nothing for the Peace Corps

Rajeev Goyal — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:11:28 +0000

During the 2008 election, President Obama pledged to double the Peace Corps from 7,800 volunteers to 16,000 by its 50th anniversary in 2011. He first made the promise to students at Cornell College in Iowa, on Dec. 5, 2007, saying, “We will double the size of the Peace Corps by its 50th anniversary in 2011.” Eight months later, on July 2, 2008 at the University of Colorado, he repeated the promise: ”We’ll also grow our Foreign Service, open consulates that have been shuttered, and double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 to renew our diplomacy.” Three months later, he reiterated this promise for the third time during the second Presidential debate on October 7, 2008 (which was watched by over 50 million people): “And the last point I just want to make. I think the young people of America are especially interested in how they can serve, and that’s one of the reasons why I’m interested in doubling the Peace Corps, making sure that we are creating a volunteer corps all across this country.”

President Obama has completely broken the promise (as the Pulitzer-Prize winning website, Politifact, recently reported), and there is no remorse about it at the White House. Even if we pass the $46 million increase proposed by the administration for 2011, the agency will have fewer than 10,000 volunteers worldwide by the end of 2011 (6,000 volunteers and $300 million short of what he said he would give to PC).

In the last year, I’ve spoken to senior White House advisors and other top-level staff members at OMB to understand what happened. One senior OMB official actually said to me, “Just because it was said during the campaign does not mean it’s going to be fulfilled.” When I asked why such a relatively small funding pledge (it would cost about $300 million to double, a speck of dust in the federal budget) would not be fulfilled, the same OMB official vaguely referred to the economic crisis and mentioned Peace Corps not being in “strategically significant countries.” When I countered that Peace Corps had opened in Sierra Leone, Colombia and Indonesia, three important countries, and expanded in Morocco, Ukraine, Botswana, China and other countries, they questioned whether Peace Corps could handle the funds. When I mentioned the President’s Peace Corps Director, Aaron Williams, had managed a billion-dollar budget when he directed USAID in South Africa and that he had already fielded an additional 1,000 volunteers in less than a year and formed partnerships with NGOs like CHF International which will help field volunteers, they gave other excuses about Peace Corps being in Bulgaria and Romania, and asked why we had volunteers in EU countries. When I countered that the volunteers there were working with some of the world’s most vulnerable populations (such as the Roma) and furthering the Peace Corps’ 3 goals, they questioned the goals.

And that’s what it has been from the White House and OMB, when it comes to the Peace Corps: excuses and deflections.

In the fiscal year 2011 budget, OMB even falsely implies that the promise is somehow being kept, boasting about providing “$446 million to fund the second year of the President’s initiative to significantly increase the number of Peace Corps volunteers, keeping the Peace Corps on track to grow by 50 percent so it reaches 11,000 volunteers by 2016.”

It is misleading for OMB to imply that the promise was “11,000 by 2016,” when millions of Americans watched the President’s speeches clearly promising 16,000 by 2011. Peace Corps is not on track and the President’s initiative was to double. It’s almost as if they switched “11″ in “2011″ with “16″ and the “16″ in “16,000″ with “11″ and thought no one would notice.

For once, Congress is not the problem. Thanks to a massive grassroots movement by RPCVs, nearly 200 House and Senate Members have co-sponsored legislation and co-signed Dear Colleague letters this year urging the appropriations committees to provide the funding needed to double the Peace Corps over the next few years. And it’s not House Democrats or Senate Republicans; some of the most conservative Republican Senators like Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri are championing major expansion. If anyone is to blame it’s the President for not fulfilling the promise and the Democratic Senators that continue to cut the high numbers proposed by Congressman Sam Farr (Colombia 64-66), which Foreign Operations Subcommittee Chairwoman Rep. Nita Lowey (NY-18) has consistently supported.

Now, it is believed the White House is planning to request a small, token increase for 2012. We can not let that happen. With the 50th anniversary months away, now is the time to reinvigorate Peace Corps, which is half the size it was in 1966, despite many new nations requesting volunteers today and record numbers of applicants of all ages. The President has to lead in the struggle to pass at least the $446 million which the administration has requested from Congress for 2011 so we can support 10,000 volunteers. But most importantly, President Obama needs to reinstate his promise with a historic funding increase in FY 2012 and a plan for growing Peace Corps to 16,000 volunteers. Not once since being elected has he referred to doubling the Peace Corps. The President is soon expected to deliver a major speech in Indonesia, where Peace Corps opened after a 45-year absence. It would take so little for the President to restate his campaign promise during that important speech.

Therefore, starting today, Push for Peace Corps, which is an independent grassroots campaign with 33,000 RPCV and other supporters, is urging RPCVs to submit the following question to President Obama online (http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact):

“President Obama, are you still committed to keeping your campaign promise to double the Peace Corps to 16,000 volunteers, and will you help us pass the $46 million increase in funding for the 50th anniversary in 2011 which the Senate is threatening to cut?”

Please write the President with the question and let me know by sending an e-mail to rajeev@pushforpeacecorps.org with “I Asked President Obama the Question” in the title.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) Urges $7.5 million for Haiti

Rajeev Goyal — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:19:44 +0000

The January 12th earthquake in Port-au-Prince and aftershocks affected over 3 million people across Haiti. On the community level, there exists a vast need for capable outreach volunteers and social organizers working to re-build communities. Recognizing that this kind of extension of support at the local level is the perfect role for Peace Corps volunteers, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), is asking that at least $7.5 million be included in the Haiti Supplemental budget. Contact your Senator before today’s 5:30 PM EST deadline (Thursday, April 22nd) to sign Senator Gillibrand’s letter and to support the inclusion of funds as the supplemental is finalized. An easy way to reach your Senator is via the capitol hill switchboard (202-224-3121). Senators Kit Bond (MO), Christopher Dodd (CT), and Mary Landrieu (LA) have signed Sen. Gillibrand’s letter so far.

Make a call to help the Peace Corps help Haiti.

“The Doorknob” by Peter Hessler (China 96-98)

Rajeev Goyal — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:51:31 +0000

New Yorker Staff Writer and author of Country Driving, Peter Hessler (China 96-98) responds to Nicholas Kristoff’s March 12th New York Times opinion piece, Teach for the World vs. Peace Corps.

Read and comment on Peter’s powerful response which appeared today in the New Yorker:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2010/03/peace-corps.html

Author Brot Coburn (Nepal 73-75) says let’s climb from 75 to 100

Rajeev Goyal — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:36:48 +0000

Within the past few decades, the inhabited world has devolved into a complex and volatile place. The planet’s population has more than doubled since 1960, when I was in the 4th grade, such that crowding and tension have become palpable, even during times of outward peace. A strong defense coupled with a big stick is one way to respond to this future-is-now scenario, and advances in technology and mobility offer opportunities for improved defense and “safer warfare.” But ultimately our best defense — and offense, in a sense — will be found mainly through trust, communication, and relationships. This is the core strength of the Peace Corps. Traveling in the most remote villages of the Himalaya, it is rare to encounter someone who hasn’t heard of the Peace Corps, and villagers and educated people alike share universally favorable images of it. They’re aware of the United States, too, but are less certain of our nation’s larger motives and agenda. Might the Peace Corps be America’s best foot (and hand and heart) forward?

Broughton Coburn (Nepal ‘73-’75) stayed on in the Himalaya for more than 20 years, working with UNDP, WWF and other agencies, and is the author or editor of 7 books. www.unusualspeaker.com

See the Action Alert for Push for Peace Corps on servicenation.org

Writer George Packer (Togo 82-83) Says KEEP PUSHING

Rajeev Goyal — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:11:36 +0000

Peace Corps provides the best return on the dollar in America’s entire foreign policy budget. The program educates thousands of young Americans in each new generation about the reality of life as lived by most of the world’s population. It creates a permanent constituency of informed Americans who will go on to work in development, politics, journalism, diplomacy, and other fields, and will care about the underdeveloped world and carry an intimate knowledge of one corner of it for the rest of their lives. It builds long-term relationships between Americans and people around the world who ordinarily are forgotten when foreign policy is discussed. It leaves behind a generally warm and hopeful view of America and Americans in the minds of people around the world whose individual and collective lives can have a profound effect on the rest of us. In an age of chronic anti-Americanism, with the U.S. portrayed in cartoon-like fashion by much of the global media, the presence of a flesh-and-blood American for two years in a poor village or city slum is a badly needed corrective. Generously funding Peace Corps is a no-brainer for anyone who cares about poverty around the world and America’s standing in it.

George Packer (Togo 82-83) is a best-selling author whose essays and articles have appeared in The Nation, World Affairs, Harper’s, and The New York Times among other publications. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker. One of his books, The Village of Waiting, is about his Peace Corps experience in Togo.

(Click here to see the list of who in the House of Representatives has signed the FY 11 Farr-Petri Peace Corps Funding Letter urging $465 million so far. To download and read the letter, visit the Take Action page of PushforPeaceCorps.org. We have only till March 15th to collect signatures.)

Why won’t your Representative Sign the Farr-Petri PC Letter?

Rajeev Goyal — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:42:29 +0000

There are over 400 House of Representatives who have not yet signed the FY 2011 Farr-Petri Peace Corps Funding Letter (Deadline 11 days away: March 15) requesting $465 million for the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps. Please call them now to sign the Farr-Petri Dear Colleague Letter until March 15. Also, this weekend when your Representative comes home, make a visit to the district office! Look up your Representative below or call the capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121.

Keep Calling
Ackerman, Gary, New York, 5^th – (202)225-2601
Aderholt, Robert, Alabama, 4^th – (202)225-4876
Adler, John, New Jersey, 3^rd – (202)225-4765
Akin, Todd, Missouri, 2^nd – (202)225-2561
Alexander, Rodney, Louisiana, 5^th – (202)225-8490
Altmire, Jason, Pennsylvania, 4^th – (202)225-2565
Andrews, Robert E., New Jersey, 1^st – (202)225-6501
Arcuri, Michael A., New York, 24^th– (202)225-3665
Austria, Steve, Ohio, 7^th – (202)225-4324
Baca, Joe, California, 43^rd – (202)225-6161
Bachmann, Michele, Minnesota, 6^th – (202)225-2331
Bachus, Spencer, Alabama, 6^th – (202)225-4921
Baird, Brian, Washington, 3^rd – (202)225-3536
Barrett, J.Gresham, South Carolina, 3^rd – (202)225-5301
Barrow, John, Georgia, 12^th – (202)225-2823
Bartlett, Roscoe, Maryland, 6^th – (202)225-2721
Barton, Joe, Texas, 6^th – (202)225-2002
Bean, Melissa L., Illinois, 8^th – (202)225-3711
Berman, Howard, California, 28^th – (202)225-4695
Berry, Marion, Arkansas, 1^st – (202)225-4096
Biggert, Judy, Illinois, 13^th – (202)225-3515
Bilbray, Brian P., California, 50^th – (202)225-0508
Bilirakis, Gus M., Florida, 9^th – (202)225-5755
Bishop, Rob, Utah, 1^st – (202)225-0453
Bishop Jr., Sanford D., Georgia, 2^nd – (202)225-3631
Bishop, Timothy, New York, 1^st – (202)225-3836
Blackburn, Marsha, Tennessee, 7^th – (202)225-2811
Blumenauer, Earl, Oregon, 3^rd – (202)225-4811
Blunt, Roy, Missouri, 7^th – (202)225-6536
Boccieri, John A., Ohio, 16^th – (202)225-3876
Boehner, John A., Ohio, 8^th – (202)225-6205
Bonner, Jo, Alabama, 1^st – (202)225-4931
Bono, Mary, California, 45^th – (202)225-5330
Boozman, John, Arkansas, 3^rd – (202)225-4301
Boren, Dan, Oklahoma, 2^nd – (202)225-2701
Boswell, Leonard, Iowa, 3^rd – (202)225-3806
Boucher, Rick, Virginia, 9^th – (202)225-3861
Boustany Jr., Charles W., Louisiana, 7^th – (202)225-2031
Boyd, Allen, Florida, 2^nd – (202)225-5325
Brady, Kevin, Texas, 8^th – (202)225-4901
Brady, Robert, Pennsylvania, 1^st – (202)225-4731
Braley, Bruce L., Iowa, 1^st – (202)225-2911
Bright, Bobby, Alabama, 2^nd – (202)225-2901
Broun, Paul C., Georgia, 10^th – (202)225-4101
Brown, Corrine, Florida, 3^rd – (202)225-0123
Brown, Henry, South Carolina, 1^st – (202)225-3176
Brown-Waite, Virginia, Florida, 5^th – (202)225-1002
Buchanan, Vern, Florida, 13^th – (202)225-5015
Burgess, Michael, Texas, 26^th – (202)225-7772
Burton, Dan, Indiana, 5^th – (202)225-2276
Butterfield, G.K., North Carolina, 1^st – (202)225-3101
Buyer, Steve, Indiana, 4^th – (202)225-5037
Calvert, Ken, California, 44^th – (202)225-1896
Camp, Dave, Michigan, 4^th – (202)225-3561
Campbell, John, California, 48^th – (202)225-5611
Cantor, Eric, Virginia, 7^th – (202)225-2815
Cao, Joseph, Louisiana, 2^nd – (202)225-6636
Capito, Shelley Moore, West Virginia, 2^nd – (202)225-2711
Capps, Lois, California, 23^rd – (202)225-3601
Capuano, Michael E., Massachusetts, 8^th – (202)225-5111
Cardoza, Dennis, California, 18^th – (202)225-6131
Carnahan, Russ, Missouri, 3^rd – (202)225-2671
Carney, Christopher P., Pennsylvania, 10^th – (202)225-3731
Carson, André, Indiana, 7^th – (202)225-4011
Carter, John, Texas, 31^st – (202)225-3864
Cassidy, William “Bill”, Louisiana, 6^th – (202)225-3901
Castle, Michael N., Delaware, At-Large – (202)225-4165
Castor, Kathy, Florida, 11^th – (202)225-3376
Chaffetz, Jason, Utah, 3^rd – (202)225-7751
Chandler, Ben, Kentucky, 6^th – (202)225-4706
Childers, Travis, Mississippi, 1^st – (202)225-4306
Christian-Christensen, Donna M., U.S. Virgin Islands – (202)225-1790
Chu, Judy, California, 32^nd – (202)225-5464
Clay Jr., William “Lacy”, Missouri, 1^st – (202)225-2406
Cleaver, Emanuel, Missouri, 5^th – (202)225-4535
Clyburn, James E., South Carolina, 6^th – (202)225-3315
Coble, Howard, North Carolina, 6^th – (202)225-3065
Coffman, Mike, Colorado, 6^th – (202)225-7882
Cohen, Steve, Tennessee, 9^th – (202)225-3265
Cole, Tom, Oklahoma, 4^th – (202)225-6165
Conaway, K. Michael, Texas, 11^th – (202)225-3605
Cooper, Jim, Tennessee, 5^th – (202)225-4311
Costa, Jim, California, 20^th – (202)225-3341
Costello, Jerry, Illinois, 12^th – (202)225-5661
Courtney, Joe, Connecticut, 2^nd – (202)225-2076
Crenshaw, Ander, Florida, 4^th – (202)225-2501
Crowley, Joseph, New York, 7^th – (202)225-3965
Cuellar, Henry, Texas, 28^th – (202)225-1640
Culberson, John, Texas, 7^th – (202)225-2571
Cummings, Elijah, Maryland, 7^th – (202)225-4741
Dahlkemper, Kathy, Pennsylvania, 3^rd – (202)225-5406
Davis, Artur, Alabama, 7^th – (202)225-2665
Davis, Danny K., Illinois, 7^th – (202)225-5006
Davis, Geoff, Kentucky, 4^th – (202)225-3465
Davis, Lincoln, Tennessee, 4^th – (202)225-6831
Davis, Susan, California, 53^rd – (202)225-2040
Deal, Nathan, Georgia, 9^th – (202)225-5211
DeFazio, Peter, Oregon, 4^th – (202)225-6416
Delahunt, William, Massachusetts, 10^th – (202)225-3111
DeLauro, Rosa L., Connecticut, 3^rd – (202)225-3661
Dent, Charles W., Pennsylvania, 15^th – (202)225-6411
Diaz-Balart, Lincoln, Florida, 21^st – (202)225-4211
Diaz-Balart, Mario, Florida, 25^th – (202)225-2778
Dicks, Norman D., Washington, 6^th – (202)225-5916
Dingell, John, Michigan, 15^th – (202)225-4071
Doggett, Lloyd, Texas, 25^th – (202)225-4865
Donnelly, Joe, Indiana, 2^nd – (202)225-3915
Doyle, Mike, Pennsylvania, 14^th – (202)225-2135
Dreier, David, California, 26^th – (202)225-2305
Duncan Jr., John J., Tennessee, 2^nd – (202)225-5435
Edwards, Chet, Texas, 17^th – (202)225-6105
Ehlers, Vernon J., Michigan, 3^rd – (202)225-3831
Ellsworth, Brad, Indiana, 8^th – (202)255-4636
Emerson, Jo Ann, Missouri, 8^th – (202)225-4404
Engel, Eliot, New York, 17^th – (202)225-2464
Etheridge, Bob, North Carolina, 2^nd – (202)225-4531
Faleomavaega, Eni F. H., American Samoa – (202)225-8577
Fallin, Mary, Oklahoma, 5^th – (202)225-2132
Fattah, Chaka, Pennsylvania, 2^nd – (202)225-4001
Filner, Bob, California, 51^st – (202)225-8045
Flake, Jeff , Arizona, 6^th – (202)225-2635
Fleming, John, Louisiana, 4^th – (202)225-2777
Forbes, J. Randy, Virginia, 4^th – (202)225-6365
Fortenberry, Jeff, Nebraska, 1^st – (202)225-4806
Foster, Bill, Illinois, 14^th – (202)225-2976
Foxx, Virginia, North Carolina, 5^th – (202)225-2071
Franks, Trent, Arizona, 2^nd – (202)225-4576
Frelinghuysen, Rodney, New Jersey, 11^th – (202)225-5034
Fudge, Marcia L., Ohio, 11^th – (202)225-7032
Gallegly, Elton, California, 24^th – (202)225-5811
Garrett, Scott, New Jersey, 5^th – (202)225-4465
Gerlach, Jim, Pennsylvania, 6^th – (202)225-4315
Giffords, Gabrielle, Arizona, 8^th – (202)225-2542
Gingrey, Phil, Georgia, 11^th – (202)225-2931
Gohmert, Louie, Texas, 1^st – (202)225-3035
Gonzalez, Charlie A., Texas, 20^th – (202)225-3236
Goodlatte, Bob, Virginia, 6^th – (202)225-5431
Gordon, Bart, Tennessee, 6^th – (202)225-4231
Granger, Kay, Texas, 12^th – (202)225-5071
Graves, Sam, Missouri, 6^th – (202)225-7041
Grayson, Alan, Florida, 8^th – (202)225-2176
Green, Al, Texas, 9^th – (202)225-7508
Green, Gene, Texas, 29^th – (202)225-1688
Griffith, Parker, Alabama, 5^th – (202)225-4801
Grijalva, Raul, Arizona, 7^th – (202)225-2435
Guthrie, S. Brett, Kentucky, 2^nd – (202)225-3501
Hall, Ralph M., Texas, 4^th – (202)225-6673
Halvorson, Deborah “Debbie”, Illinois, 11^th – (202)225-3635
Hare, Phil, Illinois, 17^th – (202)225-5905
Harman, Jane, California, 36^th – (202)225-8220
Harper, Gregg, Mississippi, 3^rd – (202)225-5031
Hastings, Alcee L., Florida, 23^rd – (202)225-1313
Hastings, Doc, Washington, 4^th – (202)225-5816
Heinrich, Martin T., New Mexico, 1^st – (202)225-6316
Heller, Dean, Nevada, 2^nd – (202)225-6155
Hensarling, Jeb, Texas, 5^th – (202)225-3484
Herger, Wally, California, 2^nd – (202)225-3076
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie, South Dakota, At-Large – (202)225-2801
Higgins, Brian, New York, 27^th – (202)225-3306
Hill, Baron, Indiana, 9^th – (202)225-5315
Himes, Jim, Connecticut, 4^th – (202)225-5541
Hinchey, Maurice, New York, 22^nd – (202)225-6335
Hinojosa, Rubén, Texas, 15^th – (202)225-2531
Hodes, Paul W., New Hampshire, 2^nd – (202)225-5206
Hoekstra, Pete, Michigan, 2^nd – (202)225-4401
Holden, Tim, Pennsylvania, 17^th – (202)225-5546
Holt, Rush, New Jersey, 12^th – (202)225-5801
Hoyer, Steny H., Maryland, 5^th – (202)225-4131
Hunter, Duncan D., California, 52^nd – (202)225-5672
Inglis, Bob, South Carolina, 4^th – (202)225-6030
Inslee, Jay, Washington, 1^st – (202)225-6311
Israel, Steve, New York, 2^nd – (202)225-3335
Issa, Darrell, California, 49^th – (202)225-3906
Jackson Jr., Jesse L., Illinois, 2^nd – (202)225-0773
Jackson Lee, Sheila, Texas, 18^th – (202)225-3816
Jenkins, Lynn, Kansas, 2^nd – (202)225-6601
Johnson, Sam, Texas, 3^rd – (202)225-4201
Johnson, Timothy V., Illinois, 15^th – (202)225-2371
Jones, Walter B., North Carolina, 3^rd – (202)225-3415
Jordan, Jim, Ohio, 4^th – (202)225-2676
Kagen, Steve, Wisconsin, 8^th – (202)225-5665
Kanjorski, Paul E., Pennsylvania, 11^th – (202)225-6511
Kaptur, Marcy, Ohio, 9^th – (202)225-4146
Kennedy, Patrick, Rhode Island, 1^st – (202)225-4911
Kildee, Dale, Michigan, 5^th – (202)225-3611
Kilpatrick, Carolyn, Michigan, 13^th – (202)225-2261
Kind, Ron, Wisconsin, 3^rd – (202)225-5506
King, Pete, New York, 3^rd – (202)225-7896
King, Steve, Iowa, 5^th – (202)225-4426
Kingston, Jack, Georgia, 1^st – (202)225-5831
Kirk, Mark, Illinois, 10^th – (202)225-4835
Kirkpatrick, Ann, Arizona, 1^st – (202)225-2315
Kissell, Larry, North Carolina, 8^th – (202)225-3715
Klein, Ron , Florida, 22^nd – (202)225-3026
Kline, John, Minnesota, 2^nd – (202)225-2271
Kosmas, Suzanne M., Florida, 24^th – (202)225-2706
Kratovil, Jr., Frank M., Maryland, 1^st – (202)225-5311
Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, 10^th – (202)225-5871
Lamborn, Doug, Colorado, 5^th – (202)225-4422
Lance, Leonard, New Jersey, 7^th – (202)225-5361
Langevin, Jim, Rhode Island, 2^nd – (202)225-2735
Larsen, Rick, Washington, 2^nd – (202)225-2605
Larson, John B., Connecticut, 1^st – (202)225-2265
Latham, Tom, Iowa, 4^th – (202)225-5476
LaTourette, Steven C., Ohio, 14^th – (202)225-5731
Latta, Robert E., Ohio, 5^th – (202)225-6405
Lee, Barbara, California, 9^th – (202)225-2661
Lee, Christopher J., New York, 26^th – (202)225-5265
Levin, Sander, Michigan, 12^th – (202)225-4961
Lewis, Jerry, California, 41^st – (202)225-5861
Lewis, John, Georgia, 5^th- (202)225-3801
Linder, John, Georgia, 7^th – (202)225-4272
Lipinski, Daniel, Illinois, 3^rd – (202)225-5701
LoBiondo, Frank, New Jersey, 2^nd – (202)225-6572
Loebsack, David, Iowa, 2^nd – (202)225-6576
Lofgren, Zoe, California, 16^th – (202)225-3072
Lowey, Nita, New York, 18^th – (202)225-6506
Lucas, Frank, Oklahoma, 3^rd – (202)225-5565
Luetkemeyer, Blaine, Missouri, 9^th – (202)225-2956
Lujan, Ben R., New Mexico, 3^rd – (202)225-6190
Lummis, Cynthia M., Wyoming, At-Large – (202)225-2311
Lungren, Daniel E., California, 3rd – (202)225-5716
Lynch, Stephen F., Massachusetts, 9^th – (202)225-8273
Mack, Connie, Florida, 14^th – (202)225-2536
Maffei, Daniel B., New York, 25^th – (202)225-3701
Maloney, Carolyn, New York, 14^th – (202)225-7944
Manzullo, Donald, Illinois, 16^th – (202)225-5676
Marchant, Kenny, Texas, 24^th – (202)225-6605
Marshall, Jim, Georgia, 8^th – (202)225-6531
Massa, Eric J.J., New York, 29^th – (202)225-3161
Matheson, Jim, Utah, 2^nd – (202)225-3011
Matsui, Doris O., California, 5^th – (202)225-7163
McCarthy, Carolyn, New York, 4^th – (202)225-5516
McCarthy, Kevin, California, 22^nd – (202)225-2915
McCaul, Michael T., Texas, 10^th – (202)225-2401
McClintock, Tom, California, 4^th – (202)225-2511
McCollum, Betty, Minnesota, 4^th – (202)225-6631
McCotter, Thaddeus, Michigan, 11^th – (202)225-8171
McDermott, Jim, Washington, 7^th – (202)225-3106
McHenry, Patrick T., North Carolina, 10^th – (202)225-2576
McIntyre, Mike, North Carolina, 7^th – (202)225-2731
McKeon, Buck, California, 25^th – (202)225-1956
McMahon, Michael E., New York, 13^th – (202)225-3371
McMorris Rodgers, Cathy, Washington, 5^th – (202)225-2006
Meek, Kendrick, Florida, 17^th – (202)225-4506
Meeks, Gregory W., New York, 6^th – (202)225-3461
Melancon, Charlie, Louisiana, 3^rd – (202)225-4031
Mica, John, Florida, 7^th – (202)225-4035
Michaud, Michael, Maine, 2^nd – (202)225-6306
Miller, Brad, North Carolina, 13^th – (202)225-3032
Miller, Candice, Michigan, 10^th – (202)225-2106
Miller, Gary, California, 42^nd – (202)225-3201
Miller, George, California, 7^th – (202)225-2095
Miller, Jeff, Florida, 1^st – (202)225-4136
Minnick, Walt, Idaho, 1^st – (202)225-6611
Mitchell, Harry E., Arizona, 5^th – (202)225-2190
Mollohan, Alan B., West Virginia, 1^st – (202)225-4172
Moran, Jerry, Kansas, 1^st – (202)225-2715
Murphy, Christopher S., Connecticut, 5^th – (202)225-4476
Murphy, Patrick J., Pennsylvania, 8^th – (202)225-4276
Murphy, Scott, New York, 20^th – (202)225-5614
Murphy, Tim, Pennsylvania, 18^th – (202)225-2301
Myrick, Sue, North Carolina, 9^th – (202)225-1976
Napolitano, Grace, California, 38^th – (202)225-5256
Neal, Richard E., Massachusetts, 2^nd – (202)225-5601
Neugebauer, Randy, Texas, 19^th – (202)225-4005
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, District of Columbia – (202)225-8050
Nunes, Devin, California, 21^st– (202)225-2523
Nye III, Glenn C., Virginia, 2^nd – (202)225-4215
Oberstar, James L., Minnesota, 8^th – (202)225-6211
Obey, David R., Wisconsin, 7^th – (202)225-3365
Olson, Pete, Texas, 22^nd – (202)225-5951
Olver, John, Massachusetts, 1^st – (202)225-5335
Ortiz, Solomon P., Texas, 27^th – (202)225-7742
Owens, Bill, New York, 23^rd – (202)225-4611
Pallone Jr., Frank, New Jersey, 6^th – (202)225-4671
Pastor, Ed , Arizona, 4^th – (202)225-4065
Paul, Ron, Texas, 14^th – (202)225-2831
Paulsen, Erik, Minnesota, 3^rd – (202)225-2871
Pelosi, Nancy, California, 8^th – (202)225-4965
Pence, Mike, Indiana, 6^th – (202)225-3021
Perlmutter, Ed, Colorado, 7^th – (202)225-2645
Perriello, Tom, Virginia, 5^th – (202)225-4711
Peters, Gary, Michigan, 9^th – (202)225-5802
Peterson, Collin C., Minnesota, 7^th – (202)225-2165
Pierluisi, Pedro, Puerto Rico (Resident Commissioner) – (202)225-2615
Pitts, Joseph R., Pennsylvania, 16^th – (202)225-2411
Platts, Todd, Pennsylvania, 19^th – (202)225-5836
Poe, Ted, Texas, 2^nd – (202)225-6565
Polis, Jared, Colorado, 2^nd – (202)225-2161
Pomeroy, Earl, North Dakota, At-Large – (202)225-2611
Posey, Bill, Florida, 15^th – (202)225-3671
Price, Tom, Georgia, 6^th – (202)225-4501
Putnam, Adam, Florida, 12^th – (202)225-1572
Quigley, Mike, Illinois, 5^th – (202)225-4061
Radanovich, George P., California, 19^th – (202)225-4540
Rahall, Nick, West Virginia, 3^rd – (202)225-3452
Rangel, Charles B., New York, 15^th – (202)225-4365
Rehberg, Dennis, Montana, At-Large – (202)225-3211
Reichert, David G., Washington, 8^th – (202)225-7716
Richardson, Laura, California, 37^th – (202)225-7924
Reyes, Silvestre, Texas, 16^th – (202)225-4831
Rodriguez, Ciro, Texas, 23^rd – (202)225-4511
Roe, Phil, Tennessee, 1^st – (202)225-6356
Rogers, Harold, Kentucky, 5^th – (202)225-4601
Rogers, Mike, Alabama, 3^rd – (202)225-3261
Rogers, Mike, Michigan, 8^th – (202)225-4872
Rohrabacher, Dana, California, 46^th – (202)225-2415
Rooney, Tom, Florida, 16^th – (202)225-5792
Roskam, Peter J., Illinois, 6^th – (202)225-4561
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana, Florida, 18^th – (202)225-3931
Rothman, Steven, New Jersey, 9^th – (202)225-5061
Roybal-Allard, Lucille, California, 34^th – (202)225-1766
Royce, Ed, California, 40^th – (202)225-4111
Ruppersberger, Dutch, Maryland, 2^nd – (202)225-3061
Rush, Bobby L., Illinois, 1^st – (202)225-4372
Ryan, Paul, Wisconsin, 1^st – (202)225-3031
Ryan, Tim, Ohio, 17^th – (202)225-5261
Sablan, Gregorio, Northern Mariana Islands, At-Large – (202)225-2646
Salazar, John T., Colorado, 3^rd – (202)225-4761
Sanchez, Linda, California, 39^th – (202)225-6676
Sanchez, Loretta, California, 47^th – (202)225-2965
Scalise, Steve, Louisiana, 1^st – (202)225-3015
Schauer, Mark, Michigan, 7^th – (202)225-6276
Schiff, Adam, California, 29^th – (202)225-4176
Schmidt, Jean, Ohio, 2^nd – (202)225-3164
Schock, Aaron, Illinois, 18^th – (202)225-6201
Schrader, Kurt, Oregon, 5^th – (202)225-5711
Schwartz, Allyson Y., Pennsylvania, 13^th – (202)225-6111
Scott, David, Georgia, 13^th – (202)225-2939
Scott, Robert C. “Bobby”, Virginia, 3^rd – (202)225-8351
Sensenbrenner, F. James, Wisconsin, 5^th– (202)225-5101
Serrano, José E., New York, 16^th – (202)225-4361
Sessions, Pete, Texas, 32^nd – (202)225-2231
Sestak, Joe, Pennsylvania, 7^th – (202)225-2011
Shadegg, John, Arizona, 3^rd – (202)225-3361
Sherman, Brad, California, 27^th – (202)225-5911
Shimkus, John, Illinois, 19^th – (202)225-5271
Shuler, Heath, North Carolina, 11^th – (202)225-6401
Shuster, Bill, Pennsylvania, 9^th – (202)225-2431
Simpson, Mike, Idaho, 2^nd – (202)225-5531
Sires, Albio, New Jersey, 13^th – (202)225-7919
Skelton, Ike, Missouri, 4^th – (202)225-2876
Slaughter, Louise, New York, 28^th – (202)225-3615
Smith, Adam, Washington, 9^th – (202)225-8901
Smith, Adrian, Nebraska, 3^rd – (202)225-6435
Smith, Chris, New Jersey, 4^th – (202)225-3765
Smith, Lamar, Texas, 21^st – (202)225-4236
Snyder, Vic, Arkansas, 2^nd – (202)225-2506
Souder, Mark E., Indiana, 3^rd – (202)225-4436
Space, Zachary T., Ohio, 18^th – (202)225-6265
Speier, Jackie, California, 12^th – (202)225-3531
Spratt, John, South Carolina, 5^th – (202)225-5501
Stearns, Cliff, Florida, 6^th – (202)225-5744
Stupak, Bart, Michigan, 1^st – (202)225-4735
Sullivan, John, Oklahoma, 1^st – (202)225-2211
Sutton, Betty, Ohio, 13^th – (202)225-3401
Tanner, John, Tennessee, 8^th – (202)225-4714
Taylor, Gene, Mississippi, 4^th – (202)225-5772
Teague, Harry, New Mexico, 2^nd – (202)225-2365
Terry, Lee, Nebraska, 2^nd – (202)225-4155
Thompson, Bennie G., Mississippi, 2^nd – (202)225-5876
Thompson, Glenn W., Pennsylvania, 5^th – (202)225-5121
Thompson, Mike, California, 1^st – (202)225-3311
Thornberry, Mac, Texas, 13^th – (202)225-3706
Tiahrt, Todd, Kansas, 4^th – (202)225-6216
Tiberi, Pat, Ohio, 12^th – (202)225-5355
Tierney, John, Massachusetts, 6^th – (202)255-8020
Titus, Dina, Nevada, 3^rd – (202)225-3252
Tsongas, Niki, Massachusetts, 5^th – (202)225-3411
Turner, Michael, Ohio, 3^rd – (202)225-6465
Upton, Fred, Michigan, 6^th – (202)225-3761
Velázquez, Nydia M., New York, 12^th – (202)225-2361
Visclosky, Peter, Indiana, 1^st – (202)225-2461
Walden, Greg, Oregon, 2^nd – (202)225-6730
Walz, Timothy J., Minnesota, 1^st – (202)225-2472
Wamp, Zach, Tennessee, 3^rd – (202)225-3271
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie, Florida, 20^th – (202)225-7931
Waters, Maxine, California, 35^th – (202)225-2201
Watson, Diane E., California, 33^rd – (202)225-7084
Watt, Mel, North Carolina, 12^th – (202)225-1510
Weiner, Anthony D., New York, 9^th – (202)225-6616
Welch, Peter, Vermont, At-Large – (202)225-4115
Westmoreland, Lynn A., Georgia, 3^rd – (202)225-5901
Wexler, Robert, Florida, 19th – Vacancy – (202)225-3001
Whitfield, Ed, Kentucky, 1st – (202)225-3115
Wilson, Charles A., Ohio, 6^th – (202)225-5705
Wilson, Joe, South Carolina, 2^nd – (202)225-2452
Wittman, Robert J., Virginia, 1^st – (202)225-4261
Wolf, Frank, Virginia, 10^th – (202)225-5136
Woolsey, Lynn, California, 6^th – (202)225-5161
Wu, David, Oregon, 1^st – (202)225-0855
Yarmuth, John A., Kentucky, 3^rd – (202)225-5401
Young, C.W. Bill, Florida, 10^th – (202)225-5961
Young, Don, Alaska, At-Large – (202)225-5765

Writer Peter Hessler (China 96-98) says PUSH

Rajeev Goyal — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:17:27 +0000

New Yorker Staff Writer and Best-Selling Author Peter Hessler (China 96-98) says, ‘You Can’t Beat the Peace Corps’

For an investment in American foreign policy, you can’t beat the Peace Corps. Volunteers give their host communities a positive impression of America, and they tend to stay connected after their service is finished. This is especially true nowadays, when improved phone and Internet services make the post-Peace Corps relationship very different from what it was in the past. Twelve years after finishing my service in China, I’m still in contact with over one hundred of my former students. I hear from one of them almost every day on email. They are teachers now, mostly in rural China, and their continued contact with an American informs their perspective. There may be anti-America rhetoric in some parts of China, but you don’t hear it in those classrooms in Sichuan province.

Those of us who volunteered in China also continue to take an interest in the country, both personally and professionally. The majority of the people I served with have become teachers in the United States, where they are able to give their students an unusually personal and accurate introduction to China. Others work for NGOs, educational exchange programs, and the State Department. A large number of Peace Corps volunteers have become successful journalists in China, working for the New York Times, the New Yorker, Newsweek, and Cox News Service. During the past five years, former China volunteers have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Magazine Award, the Whiting Writers’ Award, and two Overseas Press Club Prizes. The Peace Corps China program was started in 1993, initially at a very small scale (ten to fifteen volunteers per year), and already four books have been published by former volunteers, another book is coming out shortly, and one more is under contract. This means that since 1993, former Peace Corps China volunteers have produced more books than the China bureaus of the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Time Magazine, and Newsweek combined. When it comes to giving American readers an introduction to China, the Peace Corps has arguably been more successful than many of our most respected media institutions.

I was fortunate to attend Princeton and Oxford universities, but the most important part of my education was the two years I spent in the Peace Corps. I learned to teach and communicate with people very different from myself, and I learned Chinese — but the most important lesson was one of perspective. I saw the world differently, and that viewpoint has informed everything I’ve written since. This is true of many former volunteers in many walks of life: teachers, organizers, diplomats. It’s a shame that in a country with such an active foreign policy, relatively little attention and support has been given to the Peace Corps.

Peter Hessler (China 1996-98). Currently a staff writer at the New Yorker and a contributing writer at National Geographic Magazine.

Urgent: Make a call now for $465 million (deadline 3/15)

Rajeev Goyal — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:03:27 +0000

Two months ago, after nearly two years of grassroots pressure, the Peace Corps budget was increased from $340 million in FY 2009 to $400 million in FY 2010. The $60 million funding increase was the largest single dollar increase since 1961. It happened because you wrote and called your Members of Congress.

But we must keep this momentum rolling. Peace Corps remains half the size it was in 1966, and many new countries want programs and existing programs in Ukraine, Rwanda, Namibia, DR, Peru, and China need more volunteers.

Since last week, a new Peace Corps funding letter is circulating in the House of Representatives. Congressman Sam Farr and the four RPCVs in the House of Representatives have introduced a “Dear Colleague Letter” urging a $465 million appropriation for the Corps in FY 2011 to continue growth and innovation. We need you to write your Congressmen and Congresswomen immediately to SIGN THE FARR-PETRI PEACE CORPS LETTER BEFORE COB ON MARCH 15, 2010! We have just 2 weeks left to get as many signatures as we can. Note that this is a House of Representative action only; please don’t contact your Senators just yet. As you take action, please send an email to rajeev@pushforpeacecorps.org with the name of your Congressman/Congresswoman in the title. Please let us know what you are hearing.

If passed, $465 million, which is $18.85 million above the President’s request, would lead to expansions of existing programs and also new country openings across Asia, Africa, and Latin America and thousands of additional volunteer positions. It would put Peace Corps on solid ground as it celebrates its 50th birthday.

Already Signed Up
Bordallo, Madeleine, Guam – (202)225-1188
Clarke, Yvette D., New York, 11^th – (202)225-6321
Conyers Jr., John, Michigan, 14^th – (202)225-5126
DeGette, Diana, Colorado, 1^st- (202)225-4431
Driehaus, Steve, Ohio, 1^st – (202)225-2216
Edwards, Donna F., Maryland, 4^th – (202)225-8699
Ellison, Keith, Minnesota, 5^th – (202)225-4755
Farr, Sam, California, 17^th – (202)225-2861
Frank, Barney, Massachusetts, 4^th – (202)225-5931
Garamendi, John, California, 10^th – (202)225-1880
Gutierrez, Luis, Illinois, 4^th – (202)225-8203
Hirono, Mazie K., Hawaii, 2^nd – (202)225-4906
Honda, Mike, California, 15^th – (202)225-2631
Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Texas, 30^th – (202)225-8885
Markey, Ed, Massachusetts, 7^th – (202)225-2836
McGovern, James, Massachusetts, 3^rd – (202)225-6101
Moore, Dennis, Kansas, 3^rd – (202)225-2865
Moore, Gwen, Wisconsin, 4^th – (202)255-4572
Pascrell Jr., Bill, New Jersey, 8^th – (202)225-5751
Payne, Donald M., New Jersey, 10^th – (202)225-3436
Petri, Thomas, Wisconsin, 6^th – (202)225-2476
Price, David, North Carolina, 4^th – (202)225-1784
Sarbanes, John P., Maryland, 3^rd – (202)225-4016
Towns, Edolphus, New York, 10^th – (202)225-5936
Waxman, Henry, California, 30^th – (202)225-3976

Keep Calling
Abercrombie, Neil, Hawaii, 1^st – (202)225-2726
Ackerman, Gary, New York, 5^th – (202)225-2601
Aderholt, Robert, Alabama, 4^th – (202)225-4876
Adler, John, New Jersey, 3^rd – (202)225-4765
Akin, Todd, Missouri, 2^nd – (202)225-2561
Alexander, Rodney, Louisiana, 5^th – (202)225-8490
Altmire, Jason, Pennsylvania, 4^th – (202)225-2565
Andrews, Robert E., New Jersey, 1^st – (202)225-6501
Arcuri, Michael A., New York, 24^th– (202)225-3665
Austria, Steve, Ohio, 7^th – (202)225-4324
Baca, Joe, California, 43^rd – (202)225-6161
Bachmann, Michele, Minnesota, 6^th – (202)225-2331
Bachus, Spencer, Alabama, 6^th – (202)225-4921
Baird, Brian, Washington, 3^rd – (202)225-3536
Baldwin, Tammy, Wisconsin, 2^nd – (202)225-2906
Barrett, J.Gresham, South Carolina, 3^rd – (202)225-5301
Barrow, John, Georgia, 12^th – (202)225-2823
Bartlett, Roscoe, Maryland, 6^th – (202)225-2721
Barton, Joe, Texas, 6^th – (202)225-2002
Bean, Melissa L., Illinois, 8^th – (202)225-3711
Becerra, Xavier, California, 31^st – (202)225-6325
Berkley, Shelley, Nevada, 1^st– (202)225-5965
Berman, Howard, California, 28^th – (202)225-4695
Berry, Marion, Arkansas, 1^st – (202)225-4096
Biggert, Judy, Illinois, 13^th – (202)225-3515
Bilbray, Brian P., California, 50^th – (202)225-0508
Bilirakis, Gus M., Florida, 9^th – (202)225-5755
Bishop, Rob, Utah, 1^st – (202)225-0453
Bishop Jr., Sanford D., Georgia, 2^nd – (202)225-3631
Bishop, Timothy, New York, 1^st – (202)225-3836
Blackburn, Marsha, Tennessee, 7^th – (202)225-2811
Blumenauer, Earl, Oregon, 3^rd – (202)225-4811
Blunt, Roy, Missouri, 7^th – (202)225-6536
Boccieri, John A., Ohio, 16^th – (202)225-3876
Boehner, John A., Ohio, 8^th – (202)225-6205
Bonner, Jo, Alabama, 1^st – (202)225-4931
Bono, Mary, California, 45^th – (202)225-5330
Boozman, John, Arkansas, 3^rd – (202)225-4301
Boren, Dan, Oklahoma, 2^nd – (202)225-2701
Boswell, Leonard, Iowa, 3^rd – (202)225-3806
Boucher, Rick, Virginia, 9^th – (202)225-3861
Boustany Jr., Charles W., Louisiana, 7^th – (202)225-2031
Boyd, Allen, Florida, 2^nd – (202)225-5325
Brady, Kevin, Texas, 8^th – (202)225-4901
Brady, Robert, Pennsylvania, 1^st – (202)225-4731
Braley, Bruce L., Iowa, 1^st – (202)225-2911
Bright, Bobby, Alabama, 2^nd – (202)225-2901
Broun, Paul C., Georgia, 10^th – (202)225-4101
Brown, Corrine, Florida, 3^rd – (202)225-0123
Brown, Henry, South Carolina, 1^st – (202)225-3176
Brown-Waite, Virginia, Florida, 5^th – (202)225-1002
Buchanan, Vern, Florida, 13^th – (202)225-5015
Burgess, Michael, Texas, 26^th – (202)225-7772
Burton, Dan, Indiana, 5^th – (202)225-2276
Butterfield, G.K., North Carolina, 1^st – (202)225-3101
Buyer, Steve, Indiana, 4^th – (202)225-5037
Calvert, Ken, California, 44^th – (202)225-1896
Camp, Dave, Michigan, 4^th – (202)225-3561
Campbell, John, California, 48^th – (202)225-5611
Cantor, Eric, Virginia, 7^th – (202)225-2815
Cao, Joseph, Louisiana, 2^nd – (202)225-6636
Capito, Shelley Moore, West Virginia, 2^nd – (202)225-2711
Capps, Lois, California, 23^rd – (202)225-3601
Capuano, Michael E., Massachusetts, 8^th – (202)225-5111
Cardoza, Dennis, California, 18^th – (202)225-6131
Carnahan, Russ, Missouri, 3^rd – (202)225-2671
Carney, Christopher P., Pennsylvania, 10^th – (202)225-3731
Carson, André, Indiana, 7^th – (202)225-4011
Carter, John, Texas, 31^st – (202)225-3864
Cassidy, William “Bill”, Louisiana, 6^th – (202)225-3901
Castle, Michael N., Delaware, At-Large – (202)225-4165
Castor, Kathy, Florida, 11^th – (202)225-3376
Chaffetz, Jason, Utah, 3^rd – (202)225-7751
Chandler, Ben, Kentucky, 6^th – (202)225-4706
Childers, Travis, Mississippi, 1^st – (202)225-4306
Christian-Christensen, Donna M., U.S. Virgin Islands – (202)225-1790
Chu, Judy, California, 32^nd – (202)225-5464
Clay Jr., William “Lacy”, Missouri, 1^st – (202)225-2406
Cleaver, Emanuel, Missouri, 5^th – (202)225-4535
Clyburn, James E., South Carolina, 6^th – (202)225-3315
Coble, Howard, North Carolina, 6^th – (202)225-3065
Coffman, Mike, Colorado, 6^th – (202)225-7882
Cohen, Steve, Tennessee, 9^th – (202)225-3265
Cole, Tom, Oklahoma, 4^th – (202)225-6165
Conaway, K. Michael, Texas, 11^th – (202)225-3605
Connolly, Gerald E. “Gerry”, Virginia, 11^th – (202)225-1492
Cooper, Jim, Tennessee, 5^th – (202)225-4311
Costa, Jim, California, 20^th – (202)225-3341
Costello, Jerry, Illinois, 12^th – (202)225-5661
Courtney, Joe, Connecticut, 2^nd – (202)225-2076
Crenshaw, Ander, Florida, 4^th – (202)225-2501
Crowley, Joseph, New York, 7^th – (202)225-3965
Cuellar, Henry, Texas, 28^th – (202)225-1640
Culberson, John, Texas, 7^th – (202)225-2571
Cummings, Elijah, Maryland, 7^th – (202)225-4741
Dahlkemper, Kathy, Pennsylvania, 3^rd – (202)225-5406
Davis, Artur, Alabama, 7^th – (202)225-2665
Davis, Danny K., Illinois, 7^th – (202)225-5006
Davis, Geoff, Kentucky, 4^th – (202)225-3465
Davis, Lincoln, Tennessee, 4^th – (202)225-6831
Davis, Susan, California, 53^rd – (202)225-2040
Deal, Nathan, Georgia, 9^th – (202)225-5211
DeFazio, Peter, Oregon, 4^th – (202)225-6416
Delahunt, William, Massachusetts, 10^th – (202)225-3111
DeLauro, Rosa L., Connecticut, 3^rd – (202)225-3661
Dent, Charles W., Pennsylvania, 15^th – (202)225-6411
Diaz-Balart, Lincoln, Florida, 21^st – (202)225-4211
Diaz-Balart, Mario, Florida, 25^th – (202)225-2778
Dicks, Norman D., Washington, 6^th – (202)225-5916
Dingell, John, Michigan, 15^th – (202)225-4071
Doggett, Lloyd, Texas, 25^th – (202)225-4865
Donnelly, Joe, Indiana, 2^nd – (202)225-3915
Doyle, Mike, Pennsylvania, 14^th – (202)225-2135
Dreier, David, California, 26^th – (202)225-2305
Duncan Jr., John J., Tennessee, 2^nd – (202)225-5435
Edwards, Chet, Texas, 17^th – (202)225-6105
Ehlers, Vernon J., Michigan, 3^rd – (202)225-3831
Ellsworth, Brad, Indiana, 8^th – (202)255-4636
Emerson, Jo Ann, Missouri, 8^th – (202)225-4404
Engel, Eliot, New York, 17^th – (202)225-2464
Eshoo, Anna G., California, 14^th – (202)225-8104
Etheridge, Bob, North Carolina, 2^nd – (202)225-4531
Faleomavaega, Eni F. H., American Samoa – (202)225-8577
Fallin, Mary, Oklahoma, 5^th – (202)225-2132
Fattah, Chaka, Pennsylvania, 2^nd – (202)225-4001
Filner, Bob, California, 51^st – (202)225-8045
Flake, Jeff , Arizona, 6^th – (202)225-2635
Fleming, John, Louisiana, 4^th – (202)225-2777
Forbes, J. Randy, Virginia, 4^th – (202)225-6365
Fortenberry, Jeff, Nebraska, 1^st – (202)225-4806
Foster, Bill, Illinois, 14^th – (202)225-2976
Foxx, Virginia, North Carolina, 5^th – (202)225-2071
Franks, Trent, Arizona, 2^nd – (202)225-4576
Frelinghuysen, Rodney, New Jersey, 11^th – (202)225-5034
Fudge, Marcia L., Ohio, 11^th – (202)225-7032
Gallegly, Elton, California, 24^th – (202)225-5811
Garrett, Scott, New Jersey, 5^th – (202)225-4465
Gerlach, Jim, Pennsylvania, 6^th – (202)225-4315
Giffords, Gabrielle, Arizona, 8^th – (202)225-2542
Gingrey, Phil, Georgia, 11^th – (202)225-2931
Gohmert, Louie, Texas, 1^st – (202)225-3035
Gonzalez, Charlie A., Texas, 20^th – (202)225-3236
Goodlatte, Bob, Virginia, 6^th – (202)225-5431
Gordon, Bart, Tennessee, 6^th – (202)225-4231
Granger, Kay, Texas, 12^th – (202)225-5071
Graves, Sam, Missouri, 6^th – (202)225-7041
Grayson, Alan, Florida, 8^th – (202)225-2176
Green, Al, Texas, 9^th – (202)225-7508
Green, Gene, Texas, 29^th – (202)225-1688
Griffith, Parker, Alabama, 5^th – (202)225-4801
Grijalva, Raul, Arizona, 7^th – (202)225-2435
Guthrie, S. Brett, Kentucky, 2^nd – (202)225-3501
Hall, John J., New York, 19^th – (202)225-5441
Hall, Ralph M., Texas, 4^th – (202)225-6673
Halvorson, Deborah “Debbie”, Illinois, 11^th – (202)225-3635
Hare, Phil, Illinois, 17^th – (202)225-5905
Harman, Jane, California, 36^th – (202)225-8220
Harper, Gregg, Mississippi, 3^rd – (202)225-5031
Hastings, Alcee L., Florida, 23^rd – (202)225-1313
Hastings, Doc, Washington, 4^th – (202)225-5816
Heinrich, Martin T., New Mexico, 1^st – (202)225-6316
Heller, Dean, Nevada, 2^nd – (202)225-6155
Hensarling, Jeb, Texas, 5^th – (202)225-3484
Herger, Wally, California, 2^nd – (202)225-3076
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie, South Dakota, At-Large – (202)225-2801
Higgins, Brian, New York, 27^th – (202)225-3306
Hill, Baron, Indiana, 9^th – (202)225-5315
Himes, Jim, Connecticut, 4^th – (202)225-5541
Hinchey, Maurice, New York, 22^nd – (202)225-6335
Hinojosa, Rubén, Texas, 15^th – (202)225-2531
Hodes, Paul W., New Hampshire, 2^nd – (202)225-5206
Hoekstra, Pete, Michigan, 2^nd – (202)225-4401
Holden, Tim, Pennsylvania, 17^th – (202)225-5546
Holt, Rush, New Jersey, 12^th – (202)225-5801
Hoyer, Steny H., Maryland, 5^th – (202)225-4131
Hunter, Duncan D., California, 52^nd – (202)225-5672
Inglis, Bob, South Carolina, 4^th – (202)225-6030
Inslee, Jay, Washington, 1^st – (202)225-6311
Israel, Steve, New York, 2^nd – (202)225-3335
Issa, Darrell, California, 49^th – (202)225-3906
Jackson Jr., Jesse L., Illinois, 2^nd – (202)225-0773
Jackson Lee, Sheila, Texas, 18^th – (202)225-3816
Jenkins, Lynn, Kansas, 2^nd – (202)225-6601
Johnson, Henry C. “Hank” Jr., Georgia, 4^th – (202)225-1605
Johnson, Sam, Texas, 3^rd – (202)225-4201
Johnson, Timothy V., Illinois, 15^th – (202)225-2371
Jones, Walter B., North Carolina, 3^rd – (202)225-3415
Jordan, Jim, Ohio, 4^th – (202)225-2676
Kagen, Steve, Wisconsin, 8^th – (202)225-5665
Kanjorski, Paul E., Pennsylvania, 11^th – (202)225-6511
Kaptur, Marcy, Ohio, 9^th – (202)225-4146
Kennedy, Patrick, Rhode Island, 1^st – (202)225-4911
Kildee, Dale, Michigan, 5^th – (202)225-3611
Kilpatrick, Carolyn, Michigan, 13^th – (202)225-2261
Kilroy, Mary Jo, Ohio, 15^th – (202)225-2015
Kind, Ron, Wisconsin, 3^rd – (202)225-5506
King, Pete, New York, 3^rd – (202)225-7896
King, Steve, Iowa, 5^th – (202)225-4426
Kingston, Jack, Georgia, 1^st – (202)225-5831
Kirk, Mark, Illinois, 10^th – (202)225-4835
Kirkpatrick, Ann, Arizona, 1^st – (202)225-2315
Kissell, Larry, North Carolina, 8^th – (202)225-3715
Klein, Ron , Florida, 22^nd – (202)225-3026
Kline, John, Minnesota, 2^nd – (202)225-2271
Kosmas, Suzanne M., Florida, 24^th – (202)225-2706
Kratovil, Jr., Frank M., Maryland, 1^st – (202)225-5311
Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, 10^th – (202)225-5871
Lamborn, Doug, Colorado, 5^th – (202)225-4422
Lance, Leonard, New Jersey, 7^th – (202)225-5361
Langevin, Jim, Rhode Island, 2^nd – (202)225-2735
Larsen, Rick, Washington, 2^nd – (202)225-2605
Larson, John B., Connecticut, 1^st – (202)225-2265
Latham, Tom, Iowa, 4^th – (202)225-5476
LaTourette, Steven C., Ohio, 14^th – (202)225-5731
Latta, Robert E., Ohio, 5^th – (202)225-6405
Lee, Barbara, California, 9^th – (202)225-2661
Lee, Christopher J., New York, 26^th – (202)225-5265
Levin, Sander, Michigan, 12^th – (202)225-4961
Lewis, Jerry, California, 41^st – (202)225-5861
Lewis, John, Georgia, 5^th- (202)225-3801
Linder, John, Georgia, 7^th – (202)225-4272
Lipinski, Daniel, Illinois, 3^rd – (202)225-5701
LoBiondo, Frank, New Jersey, 2^nd – (202)225-6572
Loebsack, David, Iowa, 2^nd – (202)225-6576
Lofgren, Zoe, California, 16^th – (202)225-3072
Lowey, Nita, New York, 18^th – (202)225-6506
Lucas, Frank, Oklahoma, 3^rd – (202)225-5565
Luetkemeyer, Blaine, Missouri, 9^th – (202)225-2956
Lujan, Ben R., New Mexico, 3^rd – (202)225-6190
Lummis, Cynthia M., Wyoming, At-Large – (202)225-2311
Lungren, Daniel E., California, 3rd – (202)225-5716
Lynch, Stephen F., Massachusetts, 9^th – (202)225-8273
Mack, Connie, Florida, 14^th – (202)225-2536
Maffei, Daniel B., New York, 25^th – (202)225-3701
Maloney, Carolyn, New York, 14^th – (202)225-7944
Manzullo, Donald, Illinois, 16^th – (202)225-5676
Marchant, Kenny, Texas, 24^th – (202)225-6605
Markey, Betsy, Colorado, 4^th – (202)225-4676
Marshall, Jim, Georgia, 8^th – (202)225-6531
Massa, Eric J.J., New York, 29^th – (202)225-3161
Matheson, Jim, Utah, 2^nd – (202)225-3011
Matsui, Doris O., California, 5^th – (202)225-7163
McCarthy, Carolyn, New York, 4^th – (202)225-5516
McCarthy, Kevin, California, 22^nd – (202)225-2915
McCaul, Michael T., Texas, 10^th – (202)225-2401
McClintock, Tom, California, 4^th – (202)225-2511
McCollum, Betty, Minnesota, 4^th – (202)225-6631
McCotter, Thaddeus, Michigan, 11^th – (202)225-8171
McDermott, Jim, Washington, 7^th – (202)225-3106
McHenry, Patrick T., North Carolina, 10^th – (202)225-2576
McIntyre, Mike, North Carolina, 7^th – (202)225-2731
McKeon, Buck, California, 25^th – (202)225-1956
McMahon, Michael E., New York, 13^th – (202)225-3371
McMorris Rodgers, Cathy, Washington, 5^th – (202)225-2006
McNerney, Jerry, California, 11^th – (202)225-1947
Meek, Kendrick, Florida, 17^th – (202)225-4506
Meeks, Gregory W., New York, 6^th – (202)225-3461
Melancon, Charlie, Louisiana, 3^rd – (202)225-4031
Mica, John, Florida, 7^th – (202)225-4035
Michaud, Michael, Maine, 2^nd – (202)225-6306
Miller, Brad, North Carolina, 13^th – (202)225-3032
Miller, Candice, Michigan, 10^th – (202)225-2106
Miller, Gary, California, 42^nd – (202)225-3201
Miller, George, California, 7^th – (202)225-2095
Miller, Jeff, Florida, 1^st – (202)225-4136
Minnick, Walt, Idaho, 1^st – (202)225-6611
Mitchell, Harry E., Arizona, 5^th – (202)225-2190
Mollohan, Alan B., West Virginia, 1^st – (202)225-4172
Moran, Jerry, Kansas, 1^st – (202)225-2715
Moran, Jim, Virginia, 8^th – (202)225-4376
Murphy, Christopher S., Connecticut, 5^th – (202)225-4476
Murphy, Patrick J., Pennsylvania, 8^th – (202)225-4276
Murphy, Scott, New York, 20^th – (202)225-5614
Murphy, Tim, Pennsylvania, 18^th – (202)225-2301
Myrick, Sue, North Carolina, 9^th – (202)225-1976
Nadler, Jerrold, New York, 8^th – (202)225-5635
Napolitano, Grace, California, 38^th – (202)225-5256
Neal, Richard E., Massachusetts, 2^nd – (202)225-5601
Neugebauer, Randy, Texas, 19^th – (202)225-4005
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, District of Columbia – (202)225-8050
Nunes, Devin, California, 21^st– (202)225-2523
Nye III, Glenn C., Virginia, 2^nd – (202)225-4215
Oberstar, James L., Minnesota, 8^th – (202)225-6211
Obey, David R., Wisconsin, 7^th – (202)225-3365
Olson, Pete, Texas, 22^nd – (202)225-5951
Olver, John, Massachusetts, 1^st – (202)225-5335
Ortiz, Solomon P., Texas, 27^th – (202)225-7742
Owens, Bill, New York, 23^rd – (202)225-4611
Pallone Jr., Frank, New Jersey, 6^th – (202)225-4671
Pastor, Ed , Arizona, 4^th – (202)225-4065
Paul, Ron, Texas, 14^th – (202)225-2831
Paulsen, Erik, Minnesota, 3^rd – (202)225-2871
Pelosi, Nancy, California, 8^th – (202)225-4965
Pence, Mike, Indiana, 6^th – (202)225-3021
Perlmutter, Ed, Colorado, 7^th – (202)225-2645
Perriello, Tom, Virginia, 5^th – (202)225-4711
Peters, Gary, Michigan, 9^th – (202)225-5802
Peterson, Collin C., Minnesota, 7^th – (202)225-2165
Pierluisi, Pedro, Puerto Rico (Resident Commissioner) – (202)225-2615
Pingree, Chellie, Maine, 1^st – (202)225-6116
Pitts, Joseph R., Pennsylvania, 16^th – (202)225-2411
Platts, Todd, Pennsylvania, 19^th – (202)225-5836
Poe, Ted, Texas, 2^nd – (202)225-6565
Polis, Jared, Colorado, 2^nd – (202)225-2161
Pomeroy, Earl, North Dakota, At-Large – (202)225-2611
Posey, Bill, Florida, 15^th – (202)225-3671
Price, Tom, Georgia, 6^th – (202)225-4501
Putnam, Adam, Florida, 12^th – (202)225-1572
Quigley, Mike, Illinois, 5^th – (202)225-4061
Radanovich, George P., California, 19^th – (202)225-4540
Rahall, Nick, West Virginia, 3^rd – (202)225-3452
Rangel, Charles B., New York, 15^th – (202)225-4365
Rehberg, Dennis, Montana, At-Large – (202)225-3211
Reichert, David G., Washington, 8^th – (202)225-7716
Richardson, Laura, California, 37^th – (202)225-7924
Reyes, Silvestre, Texas, 16^th – (202)225-4831
Rodriguez, Ciro, Texas, 23^rd – (202)225-4511
Roe, Phil, Tennessee, 1^st – (202)225-6356
Rogers, Harold, Kentucky, 5^th – (202)225-4601
Rogers, Mike, Alabama, 3^rd – (202)225-3261
Rogers, Mike, Michigan, 8^th – (202)225-4872
Rohrabacher, Dana, California, 46^th – (202)225-2415
Rooney, Tom, Florida, 16^th – (202)225-5792
Roskam, Peter J., Illinois, 6^th – (202)225-4561
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana, Florida, 18^th – (202)225-3931
Ross, Mike, Arkansas, 4^th – (202)225-3772
Rothman, Steven, New Jersey, 9^th – (202)225-5061
Roybal-Allard, Lucille, California, 34^th – (202)225-1766
Royce, Ed, California, 40^th – (202)225-4111
Ruppersberger, Dutch, Maryland, 2^nd – (202)225-3061
Rush, Bobby L., Illinois, 1^st – (202)225-4372
Ryan, Paul, Wisconsin, 1^st – (202)225-3031
Ryan, Tim, Ohio, 17^th – (202)225-5261
Sablan, Gregorio, Northern Mariana Islands, At-Large – (202)225-2646
Salazar, John T., Colorado, 3^rd – (202)225-4761
Sanchez, Linda, California, 39^th – (202)225-6676
Sanchez, Loretta, California, 47^th – (202)225-2965
Scalise, Steve, Louisiana, 1^st – (202)225-3015
Schakowsky, Jan, Illinois, 9^th – (202)225-2111
Schauer, Mark, Michigan, 7^th – (202)225-6276
Schiff, Adam, California, 29^th – (202)225-4176
Schmidt, Jean, Ohio, 2^nd – (202)225-3164
Schock, Aaron, Illinois, 18^th – (202)225-6201
Schrader, Kurt, Oregon, 5^th – (202)225-5711
Schwartz, Allyson Y., Pennsylvania, 13^th – (202)225-6111
Scott, David, Georgia, 13^th – (202)225-2939
Scott, Robert C. “Bobby”, Virginia, 3^rd – (202)225-8351
Sensenbrenner, F. James, Wisconsin, 5^th– (202)225-5101
Serrano, José E., New York, 16^th – (202)225-4361
Sessions, Pete, Texas, 32^nd – (202)225-2231
Sestak, Joe, Pennsylvania, 7^th – (202)225-2011
Shadegg, John, Arizona, 3^rd – (202)225-3361
Shea-Porter, Carol, New Hampshire, 1^st – (202)225-5456
Sherman, Brad, California, 27^th – (202)225-5911
Shimkus, John, Illinois, 19^th – (202)225-5271
Shuler, Heath, North Carolina, 11^th – (202)225-6401
Shuster, Bill, Pennsylvania, 9^th – (202)225-2431
Simpson, Mike, Idaho, 2^nd – (202)225-5531
Sires, Albio, New Jersey, 13^th – (202)225-7919
Skelton, Ike, Missouri, 4^th – (202)225-2876
Slaughter, Louise, New York, 28^th – (202)225-3615
Smith, Adam, Washington, 9^th – (202)225-8901
Smith, Adrian, Nebraska, 3^rd – (202)225-6435
Smith, Chris, New Jersey, 4^th – (202)225-3765
Smith, Lamar, Texas, 21^st – (202)225-4236
Snyder, Vic, Arkansas, 2^nd – (202)225-2506
Souder, Mark E., Indiana, 3^rd – (202)225-4436
Space, Zachary T., Ohio, 18^th – (202)225-6265
Speier, Jackie, California, 12^th – (202)225-3531
Spratt, John, South Carolina, 5^th – (202)225-5501
Stark, Fortney Pete, California, 13^th – (202)225-5065
Stearns, Cliff, Florida, 6^th – (202)225-5744
Stupak, Bart, Michigan, 1^st – (202)225-4735
Sullivan, John, Oklahoma, 1^st – (202)225-2211
Sutton, Betty, Ohio, 13^th – (202)225-3401
Tanner, John, Tennessee, 8^th – (202)225-4714
Taylor, Gene, Mississippi, 4^th – (202)225-5772
Teague, Harry, New Mexico, 2^nd – (202)225-2365
Terry, Lee, Nebraska, 2^nd – (202)225-4155
Thompson, Bennie G., Mississippi, 2^nd – (202)225-5876
Thompson, Glenn W., Pennsylvania, 5^th – (202)225-5121
Thompson, Mike, California, 1^st – (202)225-3311
Thornberry, Mac, Texas, 13^th – (202)225-3706
Tiahrt, Todd, Kansas, 4^th – (202)225-6216
Tiberi, Pat, Ohio, 12^th – (202)225-5355
Tierney, John, Massachusetts, 6^th – (202)255-8020
Titus, Dina, Nevada, 3^rd – (202)225-3252
Tonko, Paul D., New York, 21^st – (202)225-5076
Tsongas, Niki, Massachusetts, 5^th – (202)225-3411
Turner, Michael, Ohio, 3^rd – (202)225-6465
Upton, Fred, Michigan, 6^th – (202)225-3761
Van Hollen, Chris, Maryland, 8^th – (202)225-5341
Velázquez, Nydia M., New York, 12^th – (202)225-2361
Visclosky, Peter, Indiana, 1^st – (202)225-2461
Walden, Greg, Oregon, 2^nd – (202)225-6730
Walz, Timothy J., Minnesota, 1^st – (202)225-2472
Wamp, Zach, Tennessee, 3^rd – (202)225-3271
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie, Florida, 20^th – (202)225-7931
Waters, Maxine, California, 35^th – (202)225-2201
Watson, Diane E., California, 33^rd – (202)225-7084
Watt, Mel, North Carolina, 12^th – (202)225-1510
Weiner, Anthony D., New York, 9^th – (202)225-6616
Welch, Peter, Vermont, At-Large – (202)225-4115
Westmoreland, Lynn A., Georgia, 3^rd – (202)225-5901
Wexler, Robert, Florida, 19th – Vacancy – (202)225-3001
Whitfield, Ed, Kentucky, 1st – (202)225-3115
Wilson, Charles A., Ohio, 6^th – (202)225-5705
Wilson, Joe, South Carolina, 2^nd – (202)225-2452
Wittman, Robert J., Virginia, 1^st – (202)225-4261
Wolf, Frank, Virginia, 10^th – (202)225-5136
Woolsey, Lynn, California, 6^th – (202)225-5161
Wu, David, Oregon, 1^st – (202)225-0855
Yarmuth, John A., Kentucky, 3^rd – (202)225-5401
Young, C.W. Bill, Florida, 10^th – (202)225-5961
Young, Don, Alaska, At-Large – (202)225-5765