I will be spending time in Washington, D.C., Monday and Tuesday with the staffs of U.S. Reps. John Olver and Richard Neal. I'm bringing lots of questions about how these offices are working on behalf of constituents across the western half of Massachusetts.

Send me your questions and I'll try to get the lowdown. Email me at lparnass@gazettenet.com. I will respond to every note I get and look forward to hearing from readers concerned about our representation in the nation's capital.

I will be blogging from D.C. and will make getting answers to your questions a priority early next week.

Since January, Neal, left, and Olver, right, have been members of the minority party. Neal was elected to Congress in 1989, Olver in 1991.