Contact your representatives regarding the FY2008 budget for high energy physics.

Original email message here, and update here.

New items:
  1. you can use the APS form to send letters electronically.
  2.  see below for letters you can send to Senator Durbin,  Senator Obama and Representative Biggert for their efforts to restore funding for high energy physics.  These letters are written for people who do not reside in Illinois.  Please show your appreciation.
  3. write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.  Information is here.
Instructions on writing letters to your representatives:
  1. Please note.  You cannot use Fermilab resources (computers, fax machines) to write or send these letters.   University computer accounts can be used for this type of work.
  2. You can follow the steps below to generate and send a customized letter, or follow this link to send letters electronically through the APS web site.
    3. To send your own custom letter:
  3. Find out who represents you.  Go to www.congressmerge.com and either click on the map or enter your zip code.   By clicking on the name of the representative, you can find their mailing address and fax number. 
  4. Sample letters are here, these letters basically only require you to update name and address information:
If instead you want to craft a letter that includes more specific information about your state, please take a look at this example:
And you can then look at these links to find out information relevant to your state:
  1. Download and modify the sample letter, or write your own letter.  Be sure to include your name and address in the letter.   Do not feel obligated to write a unique letter.  The fact that you are sending the letter is what carries the weight.
  2. You should send out three letters:  1 to your representative in the House and 1 to each of your two senators.   Students, if you can lay claim to residence in two districts (e.g. a home district and a school district) please write letters to representatives of  both locations. 
  3. It is preferable if you fax the letter to the representative's DC office. 
  4. Feel good that you participated in this process.  Encourage your colleagues, friends and relatives to do the same.
  5. Send an email to kpitts@uiuc.edu and let me know who you sent letters to. 
For non-Illinois residents, send these letters to Senators Durbin and Obama and Representative Biggert thanking them for their efforts to restore and improve funding for high energy physics:
last modified 28-Dec-07   Kevin Pitts