2010 Archives

December

• Organizational sign on letter in support of S. 3302, the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010 (December 14, 2010)
• Letter from public health groups urging Congress to uphold the Clean Air Act (December 6, 2010)

November

• Organizational sign on letter to House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Miller and Ranking Member Kline in support of passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (November 29, 2010)
• Organizational sign on letter to U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin regarding the National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy (November 8, 2010)
• HPNEC Coalition letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairmen and Ranking Members urging for the highest possible funding levels in FY 2011 for Title VII and VIII programs (November 3)

October

• Health Funding Community, with 360 organization sign-ons, letter to Congressional leadership in support of swift action on the FY 2011 appropriations and the highest possible funding levels (October 29)
• Friends of NCHS Coalition letter to Congressional leadership in support of full funding in FY 2011 for CDC's core data collection programs (October 27)
• Family Plannnig Coaltion letter to OMB Acting Director, Jeffrey Zients, requesting a $60 million increase for Title X programs in FY 2012 (October 15)

September

• Letter to Congress and the White House from health organizations and health professionals opposing efforts to block EPA from protecting the public's health from the negative impacts of climate change (September 28)
• APHA letter to House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller in support of House passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (September 22)
• Letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell from food industry, consumer groups, and public health organizatins urging a scheduled vote on S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (September 16)
• Coalition for Health Funding and Committee for Education Funding sign-on letter to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (September 15)
• APHA letter to Senators Durbin and Gregg in support of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510 (September 8)
• APHA Affiliates letter to the U.S. Senate opposing the Johanns amendment use of the Prevention and Public Health Fund as an offset (September 2)

August

• GHI Coalition letter to USAID Administrator Shah and OGAC Ambassador Goosby regarding the U.S. Strategy for meeting the MDGs and accelerating progress (August 31)
• Organization sign-on letter to OMB calling for the elimination of funding for the failed abstinence-only-until-marriage program (August 17)
• APHA letter to the U.S. Senate urging a "no" vote on using the Prevention and Public Health Fund as an offset for the Johanns amendment to the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act (August 3)

July

June

• Organization sign-on to Secretary Clinton encouraging the release of update guidance for HIV prevention among injection drug users (June 28)
• Group letter to Representative Lowey requesting funding increases to global health account funding as proposed in the President's FY2011 budget (June 25)
• LCAO letter in support of nomination of Dr. Donald M. Berwick to Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (June 22)
• Group sign on letter in support of the nomination of Dr. Donald M. Berwick to Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (June 16)
• Letter to CMS in support of permitting states to obtain federal Medicaid matching funds for the cost of tobacco cessation services provided by quitlines (June 14)
• Organization sign-on letter requesting the full engagement of the White House to steer comprehensive energy and climate legislation through the Senate this year (June 2)

May

• Group advertisement in support of extending FMAP to June 30, 2011 (May 2010)
• Organization sign-on letter to Senators Lautenberg and Durbin and to Representative Doggett supporting the Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act (May 17)
• APHA letter to Representative George Miller in support of the Protecting America's Worker Act (PAWA) (May 4)
• Organization sign-on letter thanking Senator Mark Udall for introducing the Healthy Kids from Day One Act (May 3)

April

• Organization sign-on letter to HHS Secretary Sebelius regarding the Prevention and Public Health Fund in the new health reform law (April 20)
• APHA letter supporting Senate Child Nutrition Reauthorization legislation, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (April 16)
• Organization sign-on letter in support of strong public health provisions in Senate climate change legislation (April 9)
• Organization sign-on letter to Senators Boxer and Lautenberg and Representatives Rush and Waxman in support of a strengthened chemical management system to better protect human and environmental health (April 2)

March

February

• Health group sign-on letter opposing Senator Lisa Murkowski's resolution to block EPA from regulating greenhouse gases (February 23)
• APHA letter to Secretary Clinton providing recommendations for the implementation of the Administration's Global Health Initiative (February 22)
• Organizations representing Medicaid providers letter supporting the extension of the state Medicaid assistance provided by ARRA (February 19)

January

• APHA letter to the House of Representatives urging Congress to move forward on health reform legislation (January 25)

• Coalition recommendations for the Child Nutrition Reauthorization (January 25)

• Coalition letter to Senators Reid and McConnell encouraging the scheduling of a floor vote on S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (January 21)

• Organization sign-on letter to K. Rupert Murdoch asking for the adoption of policies and practices that will eliminate most smoking and other tobacco imagery from all News Corp. youth-rated films and to support the “R” for tobacco as definitive rating policy (January 21)

• APHA letter to Congresswoman Lee in support of draft legislation for global workforce and health system strengthening and also providing additional recommendations (January 20)

• Organization sign-on letter to Senators in opposition to Senator Lisa Murkowski’s “Resolution of Disapproval” amendment that would overturn or temporarily block the EPA’s endangerment finding for six greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change (January 19)

• Organization sign-on letter to WHO Executive Board members with recommendations to strengthen the draft Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel (January 14)

• Organization sign-on letter to key House and Senate leaders urging the adoption of the House provision to bring Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care in line with comparable Medicare rates within four years in health reform legislation (January 14)

• APHA letter to House of Representatives encouraging members to co-sponsor H. Res. 1003, Expressing Support for the Designation of January 10-16, 2010 as National Influenza Vaccination Week (January 14)

• Organization sign-on letter to key Senate and House leaders thanking them for including strong prevention and public health provisions in House and Senate health reform proposals (January 14)

• Organization sign-on letter thanking President Obama and Congressional leadership for the promotion and funding of programs that improve the sexual and reproductive health of the nation’s youth within the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (January 11)

• APHA letter regarding final Congressional negotiations on health reform legislation (January 6)