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2013 Letters

July 2013

APHA letter opposing the Fairness for American Families Act, legislation to delay the individual mandate under the Affordable Care Act (July 16)
APHA letter to Senate leaders in support of Senate confirmation of nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (July 11)
APHA letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Mikulski in strong opposition to any amendment to the FY 2014 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations bill that would reduce funding for CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System (July 10)
Organizational letter to Senate Appropriations Committee in support of funding for gun violence prevention research (July 10)
Organizational letter in support of funding for the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (July 9)

June 2013

Organizational sign-on letter opposing the House farm bill and urging restoration of the cuts to critical nutrition programs contained in the bill (June 18)

APHA letter to Senate supporting rights to health and opposing efforts to block access to health care and other benefits in consideration of immigration reform (June 18)
Health organization letter to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (June 18)
Organizational letter to Sen. Rockefeller supporting Medicaid and CHIP coverage for all lawfully-residing children and pregnant women (June 18)
Organizational sign-on letter supporting the Royce-Engel food aid reform amendment (June 18)
Organizational letter to Senate HELP Committee supporting Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act (June 12)
Joint APHA and TFAH letter to Senate HELP Committee in support of the Pharmaceutical Compounding Quality and Accountability Act (June 10)
Organization letter to President Obama in support of lifting age restrictions on emergency contraception products (June 7)
APHA letter to U.S. Senate leaders in support of the nomination of Thomas Perez for Secretary of Labor (June 5)

May 2013

Health organization letter to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (May 23)
Health and nutrition organization letter urging the U.S. Senate to oppose cuts to nutrition programs in the farm bill (May 21)
APHA letter endorsing amendment to eliminate taxpayer subsidized crop insurance for tobacco production (May 20)
APHA letter to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act (May 15)
Health organization letter in support of the Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act (May 9)
Health organization letter in support of funding for CDC's Advanced Molecular Detection and Response to Infectious Disease Outbreaks (AMD) initiative as proposed in the president's FY 2014 budget proposal (May 7)
Organization letter supporting Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act in House and Senate (May 3)
Public health organization leaders letter to President Obama expressing disappointment in the diversion of a significant portion of the Prevention and Public Health Fund in Fiscal Year 2013 (May 3)

April 2013

Health organization letter in support of the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013 (April 17)
APHA letter to leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee opposing H.R. 1549, the Helping Sick Americans Now Act, legislation that would divert $4 billion from the Prevention and Public Health Fund (April 16)
Health, education, labor organization letter in support of the largest possible Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 302(b) allocation to the Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee (April 16)
Organizational letter to House in support of funding for preparedness programs (April 15)
Health organization letter opposing H.R. 792, the Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2013 (April 11)
APHA letter to the U.S. Senate in support of Senate passage of comprehensive legislation to reduce gun violence (April 10)
Organizational letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee leadership encouraging that H.R. 820, the Delivering Antimicrobial Transparency in Animals (DATA) Act, be included as part of the final Animal Drug User Fee Act (April 5)
APHA letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in support of the nomination of Gina McCarthy as Adminstrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (April 5)

March 2013

Health organization sign-on letter to Congress in support of funding for Title X family planning program (March 29)
APHA letter to President Obama urging the administration to ensure that the Prevention and Public Health Fund in FY 2013 is allocated for prevention and public health programs as intended by the Affordable Care Act (March 21)
APHA letter opposing H. Con. Res 25, the FY 2014 House Budget Resolution (March 18)
Organizational sign-on letter to President Obama in support of U.S. Food and Drug Administration actions to reduce the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in food animal production (March 15)
Public health group letter to House leaders urging swift passage of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act of 2013 (March 1)

February 2013

Civil society organizational letter to delegates on universal health coverage (Feb. 28)
Organizational sign-on letter to members of the Senate HELP Committee urging the inclusion of provisions to preserve the efficacy of antibiotics vital to protecting public health in the reauthorization of the Animal Drug User Fee Act (Feb. 25)
Organizational letter endorsing the Promoting Health as Youth Skills in Classroom and Life Act (Feb. 22)
APHA letter to the Co-Chairs of the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change (Feb. 20)
APHA letter to all members of Congress outlining the association's 2013 legislative priorities (Feb. 13)
NDD United letter to Congress signed by 3,200 groups seeking a balanced approach to deficit reduction (Feb. 11)
APHA letter in support of S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (Feb. 6)
Health organizations letter endorsing the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act (Feb. 4)
Organizational letter to Secretary Sebelius and Secretary Duncan encouraging strengthened collaborative efforts between the Dept. of Health and Human Services and Dept. of Education and continued support for the Prevention and Public Health Fund (Feb. 1)

January 2013

APHA letter endorsing the Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2013 (Jan. 25)
APHA letter endorsing the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 (Jan. 24)
Public health groups letter to House leaders in support of passage of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Jan. 18)
Health organizations letter to President Obama in support of lower sulfur gasoline and cleaner vehicle emissions standards (Jan. 16)
Organizational letter to Vice President Biden in support of increased funding for the National Violent Death Reporting System (Jan. 11)