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| Sample Script and Phone Numbers for House Foreign Affairs Commitee Members who Support PEPFAR Reauthorization Here are the numbers of Democratic Members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs who need to hear from you. Please pick any six members to call (or more, if you have time). When you are done, please let Kaytee Riek from Health GAP know how the calls went at kaytee@healthgap.org. Berman (CA) -- 202-225-4695 Ackerman (NY) -- (202) 225-2601 Faleomavaega (Amer. Samoa) -- (202) 225-8577 Payne (NJ) -- 202-225-3436 Sherman (CA) -- (202) 225-5911 Wexler (FL) -- (202) 225-3001 Engel (NY) -- (202) 225-2464 Delahunt (MA) -- 202-225-3111 Meeks (NY) -- 202/225-3461 Watson (CA) -- 202-225-7084 Carnahan (MO) -- (202) 225-2671 Costa (CA) -- 202-225-3341 Giffords (AZ) -- (202) 225-2542 Lantos (CA) -- 202-225-3531 Adam Smith (WA) -- (202) 225-8901 Tanner (TN) -- (202) 225-4714 Green (TX) -- (202) 225-1688 Woolsey (CA) -- 202-225-5161 Jackson Lee (TX) -- (202) 225-3816 Hinojsa (TX) -- (202) 225-2531 Crowley (NY) -- (202) 225-3965 Wu (OR) -- (202) 225-0855 Miller (NC) -- (202) 225-3032 Linda Sanchez (CA) -- (202) 225-6676 Scott (GA) -- (202) 225-2939 Sires (NJ) -- 202-225-7919 Klein (FL) -- 202-225-3026 Here’s a sample script, although you should feel free to adapt to your own style: “Hi, my name is __________ and I’m from ___(organization)____ . On Feb. 27th, the Foreign Affairs Committee will be voting on reauthorization of U.S. global AIDS and health programs. Congressman Lantos wrote a truly important, game-changing bill that does what it takes to prevent the senseless death of 3 million people worldwide each year, and we should honor his legacy by passing this bill. Committee Republicans are planning to fight to flat fund PEPFAR, and promote ideologically motivated prevention policies. This bill needs to pass the Committee with at least $50 billion, and support treatment for 1/3 of people with HIV worldwide. Also, the bill needs to be amended to require that 140,000 new health professionals are trained, retained and supported so we can meet the goals in the bill. The only way to ensure that the bill emerges in the best form possible is for every Democratic Committee Member to show up on Feb. 27th and stay until the voting is completed. Will Rep. ______ be attending the entirety of the markup?” |
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