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Action Alert:

INCREASE FUNDING FOR HEPATITIS C PREVENTION June 1, 2005Contact:Terrance National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directorstmoore@... To download this Action Alert as a pdf click here.The FY2006 House Labor, HHS and Education Appropriation legislation represents an opportunity for Congress to provide critical funding to address the hepatitis C epidemic facing our nation.

The House Labor, HHS and Education Subcommittee is expected to consider the funding legislation on June 9, 2005 . Please contact your Member of Congress that sits on the House Appropriations (list below) and ask them to support a $10 million increase for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH).

DVH currently receives $17.5 million for viral hepatitis prevention and control; approximately $4 million is used to support the state Hepatitis C Coordinator Program. Increased funding to DVH would support critical hepatitis prevention services, such as hepatitis C counseling, testing and referral and hepatitis A and B vaccine. The DVH budget has been cut over the last three years, and DVH has been unable to provide even a minimal amount of funding for these critical prevention services. A fact sheet on DVH has been attached for your information.

Steps to contacting your House Subcommittee member:

· First thing to know: Identify if you have a Member of Congress on the House Appropriations Committee (See list below).

· Call the Member’s office and ask for the healthcare aide (See phone numbers below). They will ask who is calling; tell them you are a constituent.

· Often you get their voicemail. Leave a message with following information:

If your Representative is a Republican - “My name is _________ and I’m a constituent of Representative ________. I am calling to urge him/her to call Labor, HHS and Education Chairman Regula in support of increased funding for the CDC’s Division of Viral Hepatitis. Hepatitis C virus affects over 4 million Americans. Congress has cut DVH three years in a row. Money for prevention of hepatitis C is critical to increase counseling, testing and referral to begin to get a handle on this potentially deadly disease. There is no vaccine for hepatitis C therefore prevention is critical.”

If your Representative is a Democrat – Ask your Member of Congress to call Obey, Ranking Minority Member of the Labor, HHS and Education Subcommittee.

· If you leave a message, leave your name and phone number and ask them to get back in touch with you.

· If you don’t know who your Representative is, go to www.vote-smart.org and enter your zip code in the upper left-hand corner.

Thanks for acting on this! Let me know if you have any questions or problems.

Terrance

National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors

tmoore@...

Members of the House Appropriations Committee:

Name:

Phone:

Fax:

Jerry (R-CA), Chair

202.225.5861

202.226.0335

C.W. Bill Young (R-FL)

202.225.5961

202.225.9764

Ralph Regula (R-OH), Vice Chair

202.225.3876

202.225.3059

Harold (R-KY)

202.225.4601

202.225.0940

R. Wolf (R-VA)

202.225.5136

202.225.0437

Jim Kolbe (R-AZ)

202.225.2542

202.225.0378

T. Walsh (R-NY)

202.225.3701

202.225.4042

H. (R-NC)

202.225.6401

202.226.6422

Hobson (R-OH)

202.225.4324

202.225.1984

Ernest Istook, Jr. (R-OK)

202.225.2132

202.226.1463

Henry Bonilla (R-TX)

202.225.4511

202.225.2237

ph Knollenberg (R-MI)

202.225.5802

202.226.2356

Jack Kingston (R-GA)

202.225.5831

202.226.2269

Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)

202.225.5034

202.225.3186

Wicker (R-MS)

202.225.4306

202.225.3549

Randy Cunningham (R-CA)

202.225.5452

202.225.2558

Todd Tiahrt (R-KS)

202.225.6216

202.225.3489

Zach Wamp (R-TN)

202.225.3271

202.225.3494

Tom Latham (R-IA)

202.225.5476

202.225.3301

Anne M. Northup (R-KY)

202.225.5401

202.225.5776

B. Aderholt (R-AL)

202.225.4876

202.225.5587

Jo Ann H. Emerson (R-MO)

202.225.4404

202.226.0326

Kay Granger (R-TX)

202.225.5071

202.225.5683

E. (R-PA)

202.225.5121

202.225.5796

Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (R-VA)

202.225.4711

202.225.5681

T. Doolittle (R-CA)

202.225.2511

202.225.5444

Ray H. LaHood (R-IL)

202.225.6201

202.225.9249

E. Sweeney (R-NY)

202.225.5614

202.225.6234

Don Sherwood (R-PA)

202.225.3731

202.225.9594

Dave Weldon (R-FL)

202.225.3671

202.225.3516

Mike Simpson (R-ID)

202.225.5531

202.225.8216

A. Culberson (R-TX)

202.225.2571

202.225.4381

Mark S. Kirk (R-IL)

202.225.4835

202.225.0837

Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)

202.225.2501

202.225.2504

Dennis Rehberg (R-At Large MT)

202.225.3211

202.225.5687

R. (R-TX)

202.225.3864

202.225.5886

Rodney (R-LA)

202.225.8490

202.225.5639

R. Obey (D-WI), Rnk. Mem.

202.225.3365

715.842.4488

P. Murtha (D-PA)

202.225.2065

202.225.5709

Norman D. Dicks (D-WA)

202.225.5916

202.226.1176

Olav Sabo (D-MN)

202.225.4755

202.225.4886

Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD)

202.225.4131

202.225.4300

Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV)

202.225.4172

202.225.7564

Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)

202.225.4146

202.225.7711

J. Visclosky (D-IN)

202.225.2461

202.225.2493

Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)

202.225.6506

202.225.0546

José E. Serrano (D-NY)

202.225.4361

202.225.6001

DeLauro (D-CT)

202.225.3661

202.225.4890

P. Moran (D-VA)

202.225.4376

202.225.0017

W. Olver (D-MA)

202.225.5335

202.226.1224

Ed Pastor (D-AZ)

202.225.4065

202.225.1655

E. Price (D-NC)

202.225.1784

202.225.2014

Chet (D-TX)

202.225.6105

202.225.2234

E. Cramer, Jr. (D-AL)

202.225.4801

202.225.4392

J. Kennedy (D-RI)

202.225.4911

202.225.3290

Clyburn (D-SC)

202.225.3315

202.225.2313

Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)

202.225.6335

202.226.0774

Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)

202.225.1766

202.226.0350

Sam Farr (D-CA)

202.225.2861

202.225.6791

, Jr. (D-IL)

202.225.0773

202.225.0899

Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (D-MI)

202.225.2261

202.225.5730

F. Boyd, Jr. (D-FL)

202.225.5235

202.225.5615

Chaka Fattah (D-PA)

202.225.4001

202.225.5392

R. Rothman (D-NJ)

202.225.5061

202.225.5851

Sanford Bishop, Jr. (D-GA)

202.225.3631

202.225.2203

n Berry (D-AR)

202.225.4076

202.225.5602

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