Contacting Representatives

Comments urging Hacker News users to contact their congressional representatives, senators, and other elected officials by phone, email, or letter to influence legislation on various issues.

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Sample Comments

Cyberdog Sep 4, 2022 View on HN

Contact your congresscreatures.

amazingamazing Apr 8, 2025 View on HN

Yup - people should contact their representatives.

click170 Jan 16, 2015 View on HN

Contact your rep in congress and tell them that. They dont read hackerness unfortunately.

deegles Jul 15, 2017 View on HN

Call your representative and let them know!

jbay808 Jan 5, 2021 View on HN

You can write a letter to your representative!

toomuchtodo Mar 24, 2018 View on HN

Call your representative and demand legislation.

JumpCrisscross Feb 22, 2017 View on HN

I just emailed my U.S. Senators, U.S. Congresswoman, New York State Assemblywoman and Senator as well as New York City Councilman. You can find your representatives here [1]. It's a simple email saying this is an issue you care about. Pretend it's a Hacker News comment...[1] http://act.commoncause.org/site/PageServer?pagename=sunlight...</a

lern_too_spel Mar 30, 2022 View on HN

Contact your congressperson and encourage others to do so too. Also contact their opponent in the upcoming election to make it a campaign issue.

rafram Sep 6, 2025 View on HN

Yes. Talk to your congresspeople.

tomrod Mar 5, 2023 View on HN

It's a completely reasonable question -- reach out to your Congressional representatives to kick off the initiative!