Cuts Cost Lives

Tell Congress it's time to protect poverty-fighting programs in this year's budget. Urge your Senator to fight for the hgher Senate number in the State and Foreign Ops bill.

Step 2: Call and Report

Tell us how your call went in the form below. That way we can tell our targets just how many people took action. And don't forget to check out the talking points at the bottom of the page!

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CALL SCRIPT

Introduce yourself to their staffer, and tell him/her that you are a ONE member.
Tell the staffer that you recognize that Congress is making tough budget decisions right now.
Then let the staffer know that you'd like to urge to please fight for the higher Senate number in the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill for FY2012.
Feel free to add more by using the talking points below.
Report your call, using the form above.

ADDITIONAL TALKING POINTS

Programs that the House are looking to cut - global health, agriculture and economic growth programs - are saving lives, and all for less than 1% of the total federal budget.

Nearly 5 million Africans are receiving lifesaving antiretroviral treatment (up from only 50,000 in 2002), mostly through PEPFAR and the Global Fund.
Between 2000 and 2009, 5.4 million child deaths were averted through immunizations.
In Africa, more than 500 million people have been reached with antimalarial bednets in the past two years alone, saving an average of roughly 200,000 children’s lives per year—that’s nearly 550 fewer deaths every single day.