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Partners In Health have created tools to help with contacting your Representative! Use their website to quickly and easily call your Representative and go here to email your Representative.

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If you are a U.S. resident, use Congress' Find Your Representative tool to find your House Representative and how to contact them. Below are phone and email scripts and some key information about the bill.

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Key Information

The bill number is H.R.1776. The End TB Now Act passed the Senate earlier this year, but we still need it to go through the House of Representatives! As the 118th Congress is nearing its conclusion, we're asking our Representatives to call on House Leadership and request they include it in the Continuing Resolution on the budget for 2025 or any other last-minute actions before the end of this Congress.


Tuberculosis killed 1.25 million people in 2022, with over 10,000 cases annually in the U.S. alone. Passing the bill will prevent needless deaths from tuberculosis around the world and help end TB globally.



Templates

Phone Script

Script adapted from a Partners In Health template.


Hello, my name is [Name] and I’m a constituent from zip code [#####]. I’m calling to request Representative [Representative's Name] support the bipartisan End Tuberculosis Now Act of 2023 (H.R.1776) by speaking to leadership about attaching this bill to the Continuing Resolution on the budget for 2025 or any other last minute actions before the end of the 118th Congress. This bipartisan reauthorization bill passed the Senate with unanimous consent on September 19, 2024. The House bill (H.R. 1776) is led by Reps. Salazar, Fitzpatrick, Sherman, and Bera and has 95 co-sponsors.


I care about this personally because 10 million people fall ill with tuberculosis each year and one-third don’t have access to care. Tuberculosis is the leading infectious disease killer in the world, causing 1.3 million deaths in 2022, and with over 10,000 annual cases in the US. This reauthorizing bill does not include specific appropriations amounts, and lays out key policy goals and targets to end the scourge of tuberculosis, which is preventable, treatable, and curable.


I would appreciate any updates, my phone number is [Number] and my email is [Email Address]. Thank you.

Tips for Social Anxiety When Calling

  1. Your anxiety is real, and even if it's not logical to be afraid of calling you are, and no one can or should deny that.
  2. It may be helpful to prepare a script to read directly from, or at least plan out what to say. It doesn't have to be as long as the one here.
  3. What to expect:
    1. When calling with the tool linked above, a short message will read, then you'll be connected to one of your Representative's offices. From there, or if you're calling directly, an aide will pick up or you will be directed to leave a voicemail (most likely if you call outside of business hours). You'll usually receive a short greeting and they'll listen to your message. After that, they may ask some basic clarifying questions and for information like your full name or zip code. Once everything is communicated, they may thank you for your call, and you're done!
  4. If you have questions or need moral support, Nerdfighteria is happy to help <3

Email Template

Template adapted from we are TB.


Hello [Representative's name],


My name is [Name] and I am a constituent from [Town, zipcode]. Tuberculosis has impacted millions of people this year alone and I am incredibly concerned about rising cases in the USA and around the world. I am urging [Representative] to PLEASE contact members of Congress on the appropriations committee to include the End TB Now act in the Continuing Resolution on the budget for 2025.


The End TB Now act (H.R.1776) is a reauthorizing bill for USAID’s TB program that has passed the Senate this year and has broad bipartisan support. It’s a fantastic bill that will help USAID continue its lifesaving work around the world. More on the End TB Now act can be found here: https://results.org/wp-content/uploads/End-TB-Now-Act-One-Pager.pdf. The support of [Representative] means so much to me and my family.


Thank you,

[Your Name]