Dec. 17 marks 50 days until the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) on Feb. 5. It is the last major remaining bilateral, U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control agreement
The world cannot afford inaction when it comes to preventing nuclear war.
ACA and other partners are organizing a call-in day to urge members of Congress to push for negotiations to replace the New START agreement and stop a new nuclear arms race.
In September, the Kremlin proposed both sides should respect the treaty's central limits even after it expires, but the White House has not yet formally responded.
Unless Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin reach an interim deal to maintain existing limits, Russia and the United States could quickly increase the size of their deployed nuclear arsenals for the first time in more than 35 years by uploading additional warheads on existing long-range missiles.
We ask you to call your representatives and urge them to support a U.S.-Russian deal to continue to respect current New START limits after the treaty expires and use the time to negotiate a new framework deal to slash the massive Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals.
Click the button below to find your representatives phone number or call the switchboard and request their office at (202) 224-3121.
When you call your Representative(s), ask what they are doing to reduce the nuclear threat and ask to speak up for common sense nuclear disarmament diplomacy.
Here are some resources to reference before and during the call: