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May 1, 2018
Dear Sgt Shaft
How does one go about introducing and passing legislation to help our nation’s veterans?
Garry Harrison
Silver Spring Md
Dear Garry,
To begin with, contact the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. The majority and the minority members of the 115th Congress are:
| Republicans | Democrats |
| Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), Chairman | Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN), Ranking Member |
| Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vice Chair | Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) |
| Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) | Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) |
| Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) | Rep. Ann Kuster (D-NH) |
| Rep. Amata Radewagen (R-AS) | Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) |
| Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) | Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) |
| Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) | Rep. J. Luis Correa (D-CA) |
| Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL) | Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA) |
| Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) | Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) |
| Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL) | Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA) |
| Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) | |
| Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI) | |
| Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) | |
| Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR) |
They should be able to further assist you.
Other ways to contact them are:
Mailing Address:
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
335 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3527
Also you there is the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
412 Russell Senate Office Building
2 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC 20510-6050
Phone: Majority Staff (202) 224-9126, Minority Staff (202) 224-2074
| Republicans | Democrats |
| Johnny Isakson (R – GA), Chairman | Jon Tester (D – MT) Ranking Member |
| Moran, Jerry (KS) | Murray, Patty (WA) |
| Boozman, John (AR) | Sanders, Bernie (VT) |
| Heller, Dean (NV) | Brown, Sherrod (OH) |
| Cassidy, Bill (LA) | Blumenthal, Richard (CT) |
| Rounds, Mike (SD) | Hirono, Mazie (HI) |
| Tillis, Thom (NC) | Manchin, Joe (WV) |
| Sullivan, Dan (AK) |
For reference, the US House of Representatives website has this page describing the process of how laws are made.
USA.gov has this page available describing how laws are made, along with a handy info-graphic.
And there is a downloadable PDF brochure that describes the lawmaking process in detail.