How to Use congressperson in a Sentence

congressperson

noun

• Cicilline said his advice to the next congressperson would be: Pay attention to your constituents.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
• Karen Bass, a former congressperson and current mayor of Los Angeles, has also joined the suit.
  — Dell Cameron, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2023
• Does your child want to write a letter to a congressperson?
  — Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2020
• Most people don't even know who their congressperson is in many places.
  — Sarah D. Wire, latimes.com, 4 May 2017
• Voice your support for SNAP with a letter (or call) to your congressperson.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 1 Dec. 2020
• Write to or call your congressperson, letting them know your opinion on the issue.
  — Emily Hernandez, Teen Vogue, 17 July 2018
• Rogers will be the first congressperson from Alabama to chair the committee.
  — Sarah Swetlik | [e-mail], al, 10 Jan. 2023
• Did your congressperson ignore warnings that sea-level rise would make storm surges worse?
  — Emily Atkin, New Republic, 28 Aug. 2017
• How many Democrats would have to vote in a Republican primary to change that congressperson’s views?
  — Seth J. Hill, Washington Post, 4 May 2017
• Write or call your congressperson asking them to support boosting SNAP.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 1 Dec. 2020
• So write to your congressperson, go to a city council meeting, or sign that petition to install more solar panels in town.
  — Sarah Shemkus, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2023
• The people who speak up, who needle their local congressperson, who know their communities well—those are the people who make change.
  — Mattie Kahn, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 June 2023
• Avoid these types of plastics, look for nail polishes free of those chemicals, sign this petition and don’t forget to reach out to your congressperson about that bill.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2022
• There are all these tools to automatically connect you to the congressperson.
  — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 8 May 2017
• When looking to address a big social problem, don’t just write to your congressperson–contact your latte vendor.
  — Alex Veytsel, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2022
• That means writing your congressperson to press for stronger workplace protections, especially in the hiring process.
  — Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
• As of this writing, there isn’t a single Republican congressperson wavering in his or her fealty to the President.
  — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2019
• Similar to a direct letter to your congressperson, stories about real people are best, Teller says.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 1 Dec. 2020
• Women of the House centers around Suzanne, who is a grieving widow of a congressperson and ends up becoming a member of the House of Representatives after assuming her late husband’s office.
  — Selena Barrientos, House Beautiful, 28 Aug. 2019
• As the first Gen-Z congressperson — who, incidentally, was once a seasonal employee in Coachella’s control center — Frost came to the fest today to present two panels on climate change and activism.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023
• Each congressperson was allotted five minutes to question Ray, an opportunity that many used for grandstanding.
  — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2023
• Calls to congresspersons geographically beyond my voting purview are accepted, but not (necessarily) tallied for opinion, i.e., largely a waste of time.
  — Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 12 May 2017

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024