What can we say to our government officials? This is what I emailed

I just don't even know what can be done, however, the government shut down needs to end and the amount of $ being asked for this fence along Mexico border to stop drugs on our streets is a falsehood. We have a drug use and community crisis. I am a public high school teacher and I speak with students regularly who think that it might be easier to just work on the streets, deal drugs and then I have the students with mental illness issues who are students that often turn to using such illegal drugs. Too many young adults are losing their lives to these generational poverty issues. The drugs and illegal activities are here and have been for a long time, we continue as a nation to spend less on mental health, actual career mentoring or help for our most vulnerable, young adults who are trying to make it. I have watched and read reports about fentanyl being ordered and shipped on planes to people's mailbox from Japan. This chaos needs to end and we need to start seeing some real action.