Right now, the U.S. House of Representatives is negotiating a full-year spending bill that will determine whether critical cancer research and prevention programs can move forward. Without swift action, research projects are delayed, scientists are forced to pause their work, and promising breakthroughs are put at risk.
Cancer patients, survivors and families can't keep waiting for cancer cures.
This is a key moment in our fight for more cancer cures. When Congress hears from cancer advocates like you, it helps remind them that this issue is about real lives.
You know how much is at stake. Researchers are on the verge of major breakthroughs: new treatments, new ways to prevent cancer, and new hope for cures. But this progress can only continue with strong, stable funding. We need Congress to step up.
Sign now and tell your Representative to prioritize funding for cancer research and prevention programs.
Dear [lawmaker],
As a constituent, I urge you to pass a full-year spending bill as soon as possible that prioritizing funding for cancer research and prevention programs.
Every day, 5,590 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer. That's why cancer patients can't keep waiting. We need you to pass a full-year appropriations bill without further delay that includes the highest possible increases for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), and the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Specifically, please support at least $47.2 billion for NIH, including $7.374 billion for cancer research at the NCI, $1.5 billion for ARPA-H, and $417.5 million for the CDC.
The Labor-HHS bill should be passed as quickly as possible with these funding levels. Cancer patients and survivors are counting on you to get the job done. I also urge you to see stories of people from our state impacted by cancer research at
www.FightCancer.org/ResearchStories.
Thank you for prioritizing the fight against cancer. Cancer patients and their families, now and in the future, are counting on you.
