Jonathan, I didn't intend to short circuit your ( EAA) method of making these contacts, just that for a me at that time phone calls were easier.
I have made the requests to my congressmen though both methods now, and will do a follow up direct email also.
How about the rest of the folks here? If everyone who griped about the price of water at EAA wrote, there would be a flood of messages going to Congress. (that's my best pun this early in the day)