Tell your Members of Congress: Cut the military budget and address the real needs of our communities.
Senator Dianne Feinstein
SF Office: (415) 393-0707
DC Office: (202) 224-3841
LA Office: (310) 914-7300
Fresno Office: (559) 485-7430
San Diego Office: (619) 231-9712
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Senator Kamala Harris
SF Office: (415) 981-9369
DC Office: (202) 224-3553
Sacramento Office: (916) 448-2787
LA Office: (213) 894-5000
San Diego Office: (619) 239-3884
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi
SF Office: (415) 556-4862
DC Office: (202) 225-4965
Email Contact: https://pelosi.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
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Rep. Jackie Speier
San Mateo Office: (650) 342-0300
DC Office: (202) 225-3531
Email Contact: https://speier.house.gov/email-jackie
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Call Script
My name is __________. I am a constituent, and my zip code is _______. I am a member of Indivisible SF.
I ask the [Representative/Senator] to do everything in her power to cut military spending in the upcoming NDAA bill, and to redirect and repurpose as much national security spending as possible towards the real emergencies that we are actually facing.
Trump is asking for a record-breaking $731 billion in military funding this year. This money could be better spent on our real crises, like the pandemic and resulting economic devastation. I also ask for a special focus on climate change as it is the greatest long-term national security challenge we face.
Furthermore, I urge the [Representative/Senator] in the strongest possible terms to deauthorize and defund the 1033 program that provides military equipment to local and state law enforcement. End all programs that provide military-style battle-training for local and state police. Enact a clear prohibition against any use of the U.S. military to suppress nonviolent protests.
Background
Last week the Senate began work on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and a floor vote is expected to take place this week or next. The House will soon begin work on its version of the NDAA.
The NDAA is a major MUST PASS bill that authorizes defense-related troop-levels, weapons-programs, policies, and priorities. It also determines the maximum amount that can be spent on each item. Because it's a MUST PASS bill, McConnell cannot bury it. So it's the only real chance we have to reduce military spending, redirect funds to desperately needed domestic programs, end the transfer of military equipment to local police forces, and shift our national priorities from waging foreign wars to the climate crises, the pandemic/healthcare emergencies, and the economic catastrophes that most immediately threaten us today.
Our fight to influence the NDAA will be long and hard. It begins with urging our senators to do what they can to influence the Senate bill and demanding a good bill in the House. An even bigger fight will come when the House and Senate bills are merged in conference – which is where Democrats caved last year and surrendered almost everything to the Republicans.
The NDAA might not be enacted before the election, and it might even drag over to the new Congress in 2021. Democrats have got to stand up to “soft on defense” accusations, and refuse to enact an NDAA that fails to serve the real needs of the American people. And we cannot allow ourselves to be lulled and gulled by leadership promises to address our issues in separate, follow-on bills. McConnell will kill separate bills in the Senate. For effecting real change, it's the NDAA and the corresponding appropriation bills -- or nothing.