Talking Points for Grassroots Visits in the States and Districts

This document contains advocacy talking points for grassroots visits focused on two key areas: urging Congress to protect and expand funding for both the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). ($500 million for AHRQ in FY 2026 to preserve its vital functions, especially as it faces reorganization, and to sustain its critical role in improving patient safety, chronic disease management, and primary care) and rejecting the administration’s proposed 40% cut and reorganization of the NIH, which would severely undermine biomedical research, job creation, and the nation’s leadership in scientific innovation.