Read the Constitution enough times to understand and remember every word in it.
Congress follows Robert's rules of order more or less with regard to parliamentary procedure, but adds its own rules in each house of Congress. New representatives get training in those rules.
What is really required to run for Congress is money and name recognition. You need to be well-known in your own congressional district, and preferably have some experience in politics in that district. It's almost impossible for an unknown to run successfully. If you've been a Mayor, City Council member, or County Board member, that will help. If you're a prominent business person, that's OK, too.
I recommend running for and winning a local office first. Just jumping into a congressional race almost never works out well. What you learn in campaigning for local offices is pretty much essential if you hope to run for Congress. Being a serious participant in the local Democratic Party organization is also a very useful thing, since you will need party support.
If you don't already know what it takes to run for Congress, you're actually not ready to run, I would say.
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