Letters to Congress and federal agencies

April 2021
  • Organization letter to Congress in support of the FAMILY Act (April 20)
  • APHA letter in support of H.R. 1195, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Workers Act (April 14)
  • Organization letter to Secretary Blinken urging the U.S. to take immediate additional actions to address the public health and human rights crisis in Myanmar (April 7)
  • Organization letter to appropriations committee leaders in support of increased funding for CDC's National Center for Environmental Health in FY 2022 (April 2)
  • Organization letter to appropriations committee leaders in support of increased funding for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in FY 2022 (April 2)
  • Organization letter to President Biden in support of recovery legislation that invests in cleaning up air pollution, addressing climate change and ensuring environmental justice (April 2)
March 2021
  • Organization letter in support of H.R. 508, the SAFE Streets Act (March 29)
  • Organization letter to House and Senate leaders in support of the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act (March 29)
  • Organization letter in support of S. 614, legislation to improve the transportation alternatives program (March 29
  • Organization letter in support of H.R. 463, the Transportation Alternatives Enhancement Act (March 29)
  • Organization letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders in support of $50 million in FY 2022 for gun violence prevention research at CDC and NIH (March 25)
  • Organization letter to HHS and CDC leaders urging them to ensure funding for COVID-19 public health response activities provided through the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L.117-2) prioritizes the communities of color and tribal communities that are disproportionately affected and underserved (March 24)
  • APHA letter to the House Education and Labor Committee in support of H.R. 1195, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Workers Act (March 23)
  • Organization letter in support of $50 million for CDC's Climate and Health Program in FY 2022 (March 22)
  • APHA letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Congressional action on gun violence prevention legislation (March 22)
  • Organization letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders in support of strong investments in antimicrobial resistance programs and initiatives in FY2022 (March 18)
  • Organization letter to Congress in support of the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act to expand access to breastfeeding protections for employees (March 18)
  • Organizations letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders in support of $310 million in funding for the CDC Office on Smoking and Health in fiscal year 2022 (March 17)
  • Organization letter to Congress in support of the Quit Because of COVID-19 Act, legislation to expand access to evidence-based tobacco cessation treatments (March 17)
  • Organization letter to Congress in support of the Family And Medical Insurance Leave Act, which would create a national family and medical leave insurance program (March 16)
  • APHA letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the Equality Act (March 16)
  • Organization letter in opposition to state and federal proposals that harm transgender youth (March 16) 
  • Adult Vaccine Access Coalition letter in support of Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2021 (March 15)
  • Organization letter in support of FY 2022 funding for programming and research to prevent older adult falls (March 12)
  • Adult Vaccine Access Coalition letter in support of full funding of immunization-related activities at the Department of Health and Human Services (March 10)
  • Organization letter to Congress in support of legislation to strengthen background checks for firearm purchases (March 10)
  • APHA letter to the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 (March 8)
  • Friends of HRSA FY 2022 request letter to House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee leaders (March 8)
  • APHA letter to the U.S. Senate in support of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (March 4)
  • Organization letter to Food and Drug Administration Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock urging prompt action to ban menthol and other flavored tobacco products (March 3)
  • Organization letter from more than 150 organizations in support of the Public Health Funding Prevents Pandemics Act (March 3)
  • CDC Coalition FY 2022 request letter to House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee leaders (March 1)
  • Letter from APHA to the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 1280, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 (March 1)
February 2021
  • APHA letter to the House of Representatives in support of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Feb. 25)
  • APHA letter to the House of Representatives in support of the Equality Act (Feb. 23)
  • Organization letter to Congress in support of the Raise the Wage Act of 2021, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 (Feb. 22)
  • Organization letter to the Senate and House of Representatives urging no less than $500 million in funding for the Agency for Healthcare and Research and Quality in fiscal year 2022 (Feb. 22)
  • Organization letter to Congress urging support for transportation policies that reduce both harmful air pollution and climate pollution (Feb. 18)
  • Organization letter to Congress and the Biden-Harris administration outlining key nutrition priorities for the 117th Congress (Feb. 17)
  • Organization letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services calling for updated language in the Medicaid School Health Technical Assistance Guide to remove barriers that schools face in providing health services to Medicaid eligible students (Feb. 16)
  • Organization letter urging a significant, long-term investment in public health infrastructure in future legislation to speed the response to the COVID-19 pandemic (Feb. 12)
  • Organization letter to to congressional leaders urging the inclusion of the COVID-19 in Corrections Data Transparency Act in the next federal COVID relief package (Feb. 9)
  • Organization letter in support of the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act (Feb. 8)
  • Organization statement urging the inclusion of key children’s nutrition provisions in upcoming pandemic recovery legislation (Feb. 5)
  • Organization letter to congressional leaders urging the inclusion of the Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act in the next COVID-19 legislative package (Feb. 5)
  • Statement from the Maternal Immunization Task Force urging the importance of allowing access to COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant people (Feb. 3)
January 2021

 

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