What guarantee do we have that our legislators even know our opinions?

[liveoaktx]

I'm in a tween district-still have Stenholm but will have Chet Edwards. Almost always I disagree with Stenholm but at least I know where he stands. I'm trying to find out today how Chet Edwards will vote on HR3313 http://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=4806&department=CWA&categoryid=family
When I call up, the person answering the phone does not know. He can't tell me if Chet will be up on Cspan at any time to talk about it (is there a schedule?) and can't tell me where the bill, once passed or rejected, will list Chet's vote.

How, then, do I really know that my opinion about how I would like to see him vote is actually conveyed to him PRE-voting?