Yes it is necessary.
You can call the DC numbers and they won’t answer or their mailboxes are full. How many folks have all the local numbers bookmarked? Congress is trying their darndest to pull a fast one in the middle of the night (that’s the only reason they EVER work late) and if it gets a few more calls in to smack em upside the head, then it’s worth it.
Everyone should be hammering those phones.
1-800-965-4701
1-800-828-0498