ACT NOW: Tell Congress to protect HIV Funding
Take Action – Call Your Senators and Representatives
The Trump administration is preparing to announce an alarming proposal to eliminate the CDC’s division focused on HIV prevention and end federal funding for domestic HIV prevention programs. This would be a catastrophic step backwards after decades of progress that we have made in making HIV preventable and treatable.
Call your Senators and Representatives and urge them to stop the cuts to HIV prevention services. Find your elected officials by calling the US Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 (Senate); 202-225-3121 (House).
California Senators
- Adam Schiff, DC Office: (202) 224-3841
- Alex Padilla, DC Office: (202) 224-3553, San Diego: (619) 239-3884
U.S. House of Representatives in San Diego County
- Darrell Issa, DC: (202) 225-5672, San Marcos: (760) 304-7575
- Mike Levin, DC: (202) 225-3906, Oceanside: (760) 599-5000
- Scott Peters, DC: (202) 225-0508, San Diego: (858) 455-5550
- Sara Jacobs, DC: (202) 225-2040, San Diego: (619) 280-5353
- Juan Vargas, DC: (202) 225-8045, Chula Vista: (619) 422-5963
Call-In Sample Script
Hello,
My name is _________, I am one of your constituents. I live in _________ and my zipcode is _________.
I’m reaching out to speak to you about some extremely distressing reports I have been hearing that the Trump administration is planning to completely eliminate the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention.
If the Trump administration were to follow through on this it would destroy any chance we have to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S., dismantling critical prevention efforts and leading to an unnecessary resurgence of this preventable disease.
The work of the CDC Division of HIV Prevention is essential and it is not something that can be covered by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program or by state budgets. If this funding is cut, the services it funds will not be replaced, meaning more people will contract HIV, more people will get sick, and more people will die.
I urge you to publicly condemn the proposed elimination of the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention and to demand that the Trump administration honor its past commitments to ending the HIV epidemic in the US.
Thank you for your time. If needed, I can best be reached at _________ [preferred contact information].