Oppose 57% Cut to Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

Oppose 57% Cut to Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs 

Take Action Before House Vote 

Oppose 57% Cut to Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
Tell your Members of Congress to Vote NO on The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

As early as this Tuesday, the House will be voting on a continuing resolution to fund government programs through the end of fiscal year 2025 (FY25).
This legislation cuts FY25 funding for the Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) from $1.509 billion to $650 million – a 57 percent cut from the FY24 enacted level.

CDMRP funding is responsible for ongoing research into the chronic and life-threatening diseases that can affect Armed Forces personnel, both active-duty and veterans. This research includes significant funding for Aplastic Anemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS), Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria, and other Bone Marrow Failure Diseases. (More here.) 

A vote for The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, is a vote to cut off federally funded medical research. Ask your legislators to vote NO and instead approve a full-year FY25 Defense Appropriations Act that fully funds CDMRP.

Read about the CDMRP Bone Marrow Failure Disease goals here: https://cdmrp.health.mil/bmfrp/default 

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This link leads to a list of diseases being investigated by research grants through the CDMRP. The Bone Marrow Failure list is on page 2.  These would be eliminated under the current Continuing Resolution proposal. 
https://www.researchamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CDMRP-Research-Webpage.pdf 

Here is language you may use when you contact your Members of Congress: 

Dear Representative(or)Senator: 

My name is first name last name, and I am a patient, family member, health professional, researcher with name of disease. I am writing (calling) to ask you to vote NO on the current version of the Continuing Resolution.

The Continuing Resolution has been written to reduce funding for the Department of Defense (DoD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) by 57%.  This funding is geared to finding cures for diseases that affect the lives of many veterans and active-duty service personnel, including bone marrow failure diseases like aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndromes (MD), and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) among others.

Our current and recent Armed Forces members deserve effective treatments for these life-threatening diseases that CDMRP research programs study.  We can't let them down.
Please, vote NO on the Continuing Resolution as it is currently written to fully fund the CDMRP.

Sincerely,
Your name and address