Important vote to stop Alzheimer's – Call your Senator today!

Your Senator will soon decide whether the United States should invest more in stopping Alzheimer's – or maintain the status quo, forcing millions more to experience the horror of this disease.

Look up your Senator on the list below and then call the Congressional switchboard at 1-202-224-3121 on your phone. Instructions on what to say are below!

  • Alabama: Sen. Richard Shelby (R)
    Arkansas: Sen. Mark Pryor (D)
    Hawaii: Sen. Daniel Inouye (D)
    Illinois: Sen. Dick Durbin (D)
    Illinois: Sen. Mark Kirk (R)
    Kansas: Sen. Jerry Moran (R)
    Louisiana: Sen. Mary Landrieu (D)
    Maryland: Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D)
    Mississippi: Sen. Thad Cochran (R)

  • Ohio: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D)
    Rhode Island: Sen. Jack Reed (D)
    South Carolina: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R)
    Tennessee: Sen. Lamar Alexander (R)
    Texas: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
    Washington: Sen. Patty Murray (D)
    Wisconsin: Sen. Ron Johnson (R)
    Wisconsin: Sen. Herb Kohl (D)

  1. Ask the operator to connect you with your Senator's office.

  2. When a staff person answers, ask to speak to the health legislative assistant. Tell them you are a constituent, briefly explain how Alzheimer's has impacted your life, and ask your Senator to increase National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for Alzheimer's research by a minimum of $80 million in the Fiscal Year 2013 Labor-HHS Appropriations bill.

  3. Most calls will end there, but if you want to add more, share your personal experience with Alzheimer's and remind them:

    • The National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease, unanimously directed by Congress, sets a bold and ambitious objective of preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer's disease by 2025. While this goal may appear daunting, the world's leading Alzheimer's researchers believe it can be achieved if the right resources are brought to bear. An $80 million increase in Alzheimer's research at the NIH would be a significant first step and would support a number of worthy and promising research projects.

    • Alzheimer's disease slowly steals one's intellect, ability to communicate, independence, dignity, and even control over basic bodily functions like eating and personal hygiene. Alzheimer's and other dementias also place an overwhelming burden on caregivers – emotionally, physically, and financially – and on the nation's health system, costing us $200 billion this year alone, $140 billion of which is borne by Medicare and Medicaid.

    • Unless effective therapies and treatments are developed, the number of victims is estimated to exceed 15 million by 2050, at which point Alzheimer's and other dementias will cost our nation more than $1 trillion annually. The increased funding for Alzheimer's research at NIH will help support additional research that may get us one step closer to developing therapies and treatments capable of staving off this looming health and fiscal crisis.

Thank you for making a call today!