There's nothing wrong with contacting your rep/Senator and giving your opinion.

If it's any consolation, of the thousands of bills introduced in Congress each year, only a tiny fraction (way < 1%) become law. Most never get into, much less get out of, the various committees. This gives elected officials the bragging rights whether a libertarian saying "I introduced a bill to bring back the gold standard and abolish the Federal Reserve" or a Socialist to crow that his bill would instantly give us single-payer health care, whatever.