mortality rates from asthma than their White counterparts. The prevalence of childhood asthma for African Americans is 12.7 percent compared to 8 percent for White Americans, while mortality rates in children and adults are eightfold and threefold higher, respectively, for African Americans compared to White Americans. (7) President Trump has consistently proposed budgets that would cut the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Fund. In fiscal year 2021, the President proposed to consolidate the CDC’s primary chronic disease prevention activities, including tobacco, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, and nutrition and physical activity, into a single block grant to States, while proposing a $427,000,000 cut to the account. In fiscal year 2020, the President proposed a $236,500,000 cut to the account. In fiscal year 2019, the President proposed a $138,300,000 cut to the account. In fiscal year 2018, the President proposed a $222,300,000 cut to the account. (8) Cuts to this Fund and other public health prevention efforts undermine efforts to create an affordable and accessible health care system, and a better quality of life for Americans of all ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Cuts to this Fund would also exacerbate existing disparities and underlying health conditions that have created seemingly vast disparities in hospitalization and mortality rates due to COVID–19. (9) Prevention efforts have proven to be effective. Funding increases for community-based public health programs reduce preventable disease caused by diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Improved access to intervention, treatment, and affordable care is also proven to mitigate the development of associated chronic diseases and mortality rates. (10) Increasing the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Fund funding to $2,400,000,000 annually will allow the Fund to invest in more innovative, evidence-based public health programs, maintain and expand investments in programs with demonstrated success, and help