What to say when you contact your members of the US House and Senate:
"Hello, my name is [NAME] and I live in [TOWN, STATE].
I am a constituent.
I am urging the Senator/Representative to do X, because Y.
Thank you."
For a lot more helpful tips like this one, there's THIS article:
https://emilyinyourphone.substack.com/p/everything-you-need-to-know-about
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What you described is the best way to do it. We were discussing that issue at the last County Democratic Committee Meeting.
Always do that by telephone so it will be recorded. They mostly ignore email and letters but the phone always gets attention by someone. Be polite and brief is important.