MTA makes it easy to contact your Federal and State Legislators.

MTA also provides frequent updates on the status of public education legislation.

The Legislature for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is known as the General Court. For 2007-2008 it is known as the 185th General Court.

We have found that paper letters and phone calls are considered more seriously than e-mails. If you do need to e-mail, the phone numbers shown are also e-mail links for your convenience.

Senate and House Leadership includes the:

Senate President Senator Therese Murray 617-722-1500

Speaker of the House Representative Salvatore F. DiMasi 617-722-2500

Chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee Senator Steven C. Panagiotakos 617-722-1630

Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means Representative Robert A. DeLeo 617-722-2990

We are extremely fortunate to have the ongoing support of our Amherst-area State Senator and Representatives. Many of them hold local office hours once a month. They include:

Senator Stanley C. Rosenberg 617-722-1532
District Phone: 413-584-1649
serves Amherst, Belchertown precincts A & D, Bernardston, Buckland, Colrain, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Hadley, Hatfield, Leverett, Leyden, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Northampton, Pelham, Shelburne, Shutesbury, South Hadley, Sunderland, Wendell, and Whately

Representative Ellen Story 617-722-2575
District Phone: 413-256-6300
serves Amherst and Granby

Representative Stephen Kulik 617-722-2430
District Phone: 413-665-7200
serves Belchertown precincts A & D, Chesterfield, Conway, Deerfield, Goshen, Huntington, Leverett, Montague, New Salem, Pelham, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Wendell, Whately, Williamsburg, and Worthington

Representative John W. Scibak 617-722-2014
District Phone: 413-539-6566
serves Easthampton, Hadley, and South Hadley

Representative Peter V. Kocot 617-722-2210
District Phone: 413-582-6111
serves Hatfield, Montgomery, Northampton, Southampton, and Westhampton

Representative Christopher J. Donelan 617-722-2230
District Phone: 978-544-2180
serves Athol, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Orange, and Warwick

Representative Thomas M. Petrolati 617-722-2255 Speaker Pro Tem
District Phone: 413-589-7303
serves Ludlow, Belchertown precincts B & C, part of Chicopee, and part of Springfield

For those of you who live outside the local area, you can get contact information for your state representative and senator from the MTA Legislative Action Center.