North Carolina Public Transportation Association

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Legislative Committee

Co-Chairs:	Albert Eby, Wave Transit
	Jim Westmoreland, Stantec

The NCPTA legislative committee's is extremely active throughout the year —analyzing, monitoring and recommending action and positions on state and federal initiatives that impact public transportation policy and funding. After thorough examination by the committee, action and recommendation on priorities are presented to the NCPTA Board and membership for approval.

If you are interested in participating in NCPTA's Legislative Committee please contact the executive director at info@nctransit.org

Objectives:

Meeting with DOT leadership and staff to discuss legislative and policy initiatives prior to the State General Assembly session.

Serving as a liaison to DOT on NCPTA's legislative and policy initiatives.

Organizing and participating in NCPTA's annual legislative trip to Washington, D.C.

Organizing the State Legislative Breakfast and Advocacy Day.

Analysis of data and legislative proposals.

Disseminate legislative alerts, events and activities.

Work with other organizations to seek broad based support for all public transportation initiatives.

Prepare legislative materials for advocacy purposes.

Recommending candidates to the NCPTA Board for Legislator of the Year Award(s).

Monitoring federal legislation, funding and policy initiatives that affect public transportation systems in North Carolina.

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State Legislators

Please find your State Representative s and Senators at www.ncleg.net.

Federal Legislators

U.S. House of Representatives

District 1
The Honorable G.K. Butterfield
United States House of Representatives
413 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P. 202.225.3101
F. 202.225.3354
www.butterfield.house.gov

District 2
The Honorable Bob Etheridge
United States House of Representatives
1533 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P. 202.225.4531
F. 202.225.5662
www.etheridge.house.gov

District 3
The Honorable Walter Jones
United States House of Representatives
2333 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P. 202.225.3415
F. 202.225.3286
www.jones.house.gov

District 4
Congressman David Price
2162 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P. 202.225.1785
F. 202.225.2014
www.price.house.gov

District 5
The Honorable Virginia Foxx
United States House of Representatives
1230 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P. 202.225.2071
F. 202.225.2995
www.foxx.house.gov

District 6
The Honorable Howard Coble
United States House of Representatives
2468 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P. 202.225.3065
F. 202.225.8611
www.coble.house.gov

District 7
The Honorable Mike McIntyre
United States House of Representatives
2437 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P. 202.225.2731
F. 202.225.5773
www.house.gov/mcintyre

District 8
The Honorable Larry Kissell
United States House of Representatives
512 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P. 202.225.3715
F. 202.225.4036
www.kissell.house.gov

District 9
The Honorable Sue Myrick
United States House of Representatives
230 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P. 202.225.1976
H. 202.225.33389
www.myrick.house.gov

District 10
The Honorable Patrick McHenry
United States House of Representatives
224 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P. 202.225.2576
F. 202.225.0316
www.mchenry.house.gov

District 11
The Honorable Heath Shuler
United States House of Representatives
322 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P. 202.225.6401
F. 202.226.6422
www.shuler.house.gov

District 12
The Honorable Mel Watt
United States House of Representatives
2304 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P. 202.225.1510
F. 202.225.1512
www.watt.house.gov

District 13
The Honorable Brad Miller
United States House of Representatives
1127 Longworth Building
Washington, DC 20515
P. 202.225.3032
F. 202.225.0181
www.bradmiller.house.gov

Federal Legislators

U.S. Senate

The Honorable Kay Hagan
United States Senate
521 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6342
Fax: 202-228-2563
www.hagan.senate.gov

The Honorable Richard Burr
United States Senate
217 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-3154
Fax: (202) 228-2981
www.burr.senate.gov

Sample Letters of Support

Below are samples letters you may download and use to write your legislator. All files are in Microsoft Word Document format and PDF format, if you do not have MS Word.All document files are under 200 KB.
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Federal Letter, Urban Support - Word, PDF
Federal Letter, Rural Support - Word, PDF

State Letter, Urban Support - Word, PDF
State Letter, Rural Support - Word, PDF

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Mailing Address:
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P 919.259.8009
F 919.648.4186
info@nctransit.org

Legislative Committee

Objectives:

State Legislators

Federal Legislators

Federal Legislators