2012 Archives

December 2012

• APHA letter to President Obama in support of legislation to reduce gun violence and ensure access to mental health services (December 20, 2012)
• Public health groups letter to House leaders in support of passage of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2012 (December 18, 2012)
• Public health groups letter to Senate leaders in support of passage of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2012 (December 18, 2012)
• APHA letter to Secretary Sebelius in support of school-based health center operations funding (December 7, 2012)

November 2012

• APHA letter to House and Senate leaders calling for a balanced approach to deficit reduction that does not make further cuts to nondefense discretionary programs including public health, the Prevention and Public Health Fund and also protects the Medicare and Medicaid programs (November 15, 2012)
• Joint statement on antibiotic resistance from 25 national health organizations and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (November 13, 2012)
• Health organization letter to U.S. House of Representatives and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee leadership urging for passage of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (November 13, 2012)

October 2012

• APHA letter to Senate leadership in support of ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Diabilities (Oct. 19, 2012)
• Civil society organizations letter to World Bank on universal health coverage (Oct. 11, 2012)

September 2012

• Health organization letter to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing H.R. 3409, the Stop War on Coal Act (Sept. 21, 2012)
• Organizational sign on letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation regarding pending guidance on the Transportation Alternatives program (Sept.21, 2012) 
• Organizations and researchers letter opposing H.R. 6174, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act (Sept. 2012)
• Health organization letter urging Senate consideration of S. 1440, the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act (Sept. 6, 2012)

July 2012

• APHA letter to Senator Franken in support of the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act (July 31, 2012)

• APHA letter opposing H.R. 4078, the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act (July 24, 2012)

• APHA letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Chairman Rehberg opposing the draft FY 2013 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill (July 17, 2012)
• Nondefense discretionary organization sign-on letter urging Congress to adopt a balanced approach to deficit reduction (July 12, 2012)
• APHA letter opposing H.R. 6079, legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act (July 10, 2012)
• Public health organizations letter to House and Senate leaders regarding negotiations on the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act reauthorization (July 9, 2012)

June 2012

• Organizational letter to transportation reauthorization legislation conferees urging the rejection of provisions that would undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the public participation process from any final transportation bill (June 20, 2012)
• APHA letter to Sen. Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Harkin in support of the Senate FY 2013 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill (June 19, 2012)
• Health organizations letter opposing H.R. 4480, legislation that includes dangerous provisions to block and delay important public health safeguards under the Clean Air Act (June 18, 2012)
• Public health organizations letter to House and Senate transportation conferees urging the inclusion of provisions and policies that will support and promote public health (June 15, 2012)
• APHA letter to the U.S. Senate in support of strong public health, nutrition and conservation provisions in the farm bill (June 12, 2012)
• APHA letter to Senator Sanders supporting the Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2012 (June 7, 2012)

May 2012

• Organizational sign on letter to U.S. Senate leaders opposing recent action in the U.S. House of Representatives to eliminate the Census Bureau's American Community (May 16, 2012)
• APHA letter opposing H.R. 4970, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (May 16, 2012)
• Health organizations letter opposing H.R. 4471, the Gasoline Regulations Act of 2012 (May 16, 2012) 
• APHA letter to Senators Durbin, Lautenberg, and Blumenthal supporting the Tobacco Tax Equity Act that would close tobacco tax loopholes (May 10, 2012)
• APHA letter to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing the Sequester Reconciliation Replacement Act (May 9, 2012)
• APHA letter to Senate leaders opposing legislation that would cut the Prevention and Public Health Fund to pay for student loans (May 7, 2012)
• Association sign on letter urging revisions to House and Senate bills that place severe restrictions on government employees attending meetings and conferences (May 7, 2012)

April 2012

• APHA letter to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing legislation that would cut the Prevention and Public Health Fund to pay for student loans (April 26, 2012)
• APHA letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee opposing proposal to eliminate the Prevention and Public Health Fund as part of budget reconciliation legislation (April 24, 2012)
• Partnership for Medicaid letter opposing House Energy and Commerce Committee proposals to cut Medicaid as part of budget reconciliation legislation (April 24, 2012)
• Health group letter opposing the Gasoline Regulations Act of 2012 (April 16, 2012)
• Public health groups nutrition priorities for the 2012 Farm Bill (April, 2012) 
• Coalition letter urging Congress to reject any funding cuts that will damage the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (April 2, 2012)

March 2012

• Coaliton letter in support of the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services Block Grant in the fiscal year 2013 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriation bill (March 29, 2012)

• Health group letter to President Obama expressing disappointment in the administration's support for reducing the investment in the Prevention and Public Health Fund and urging him to reject future attempts to cut the fund (March 28, 2012)

• APHA letter opposing H. Con. Res. 112, the fiscal year 2013 House budget resolution (March 27, 2012)

• Letter to President Obama from the Health Equity and Accountability Act Community Working Group recognizing the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (March 23, 2012)

• CDC Coalition letter to House and Senate Appropriations leaders in support of $7.8 billion for CDC's FY 2013 budget (March 21, 2012)

• Health groups letter opposing S.J. Res. 37, a resolution by Sen. James Inhofe that employs the Congressional Review Act to reverse the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants (March 19, 2012)

• Stakeholder letter requesting the largest possible 302(b) allocation for the FY 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee within the discretionary cap established by the Budget Control Act (March 16, 2012)

• Health groups letter opposing an amendment by Sen. Susan Collins that would weaken and delay implementation of lifesaving Clean Air Act standards to reduce mercury and other toxic air pollution from industrial boilers and incinerators (March 7, 2012)

• Family Planning Coalition letter in support of FY 2013 funding for family planning, sexual, and reproductive health programs (March 2, 2012)

February 2012

• Health group letter to the Senate opposing Senator Blunt's amendment on health insurance coverage (Feb. 23, 2012)
• Health group letter to House leaders urging the inclusion of provisions to bolster antibiotic research and development in upcoming Food and Drug Administration user fee legislation (Feb. 22, 2012)
• Health group letter to Sen. Mark Udall in support of the Healthy Kids from Day One Act (Feb. 22, 2012)
• APHA letter to House Education and Workforce Committee on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Feb. 16, 2012)
• Health Group letter to the House of Representatives opposing H.R. 7, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act (Feb. 13, 2012)
• Sign on letter to Senators urging support for the Cardin-Cochran amendment to ensure local access to Transportation Enhancement and Safe Routes to School funds (Feb. 13, 2012)
• Health group letters to the House and Senate opposing any Congressional effort to hinder the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to protect public health through the Clean Air Act (Feb. 2, 2012)
• Group letter to House Ways and Means Committee opposing proposal to remove dedicated funding for transit programs (Feb. 2, 2012)
• Group letter to the House Transportation Committee in support of the Petri/Johnson amendment to restore dedicated funding for Safe Routes to Schools and Transportation Enhancements in the American Energy and Ifrastructure Jobs Act (Feb. 1, 2012)

 January 2012

• APHA letter to House and Senate payroll tax extension legislation conferees opposing any effort to use the Prevention and Public Health Fund as an offset for other programs (Jan. 27, 2012)