Letters to Congress and federal agencies

March 2019

Health organization letter requesting increased funding for CDC's Climate and Health Program in FY 2020 (March 22)
Organization letter to House and Senate leaders urging passage of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness & Advancing Innovation Act (March 22)
APHA letter in support of the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019 (March 19)
Friends of HRSA Coalition letter to House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education appropriations subcommittee leaders in support of $8.56 billion for HRSA in FY 2020 (March 15)
Health organization letter to House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education appropriations subcommittee leaders in support of greater funding levels for the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant in FY 2020 (March 7)
Health organization letter to House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education appropriations subcommittee leaders in support of increased funding for CDC's Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health program in FY 2020 (March 7)
Health organization letter to the House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education appropriations subcommittee leaders requesting a strong funding level for the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality in FY 2020 (March 7)
Health organization letter to House Labor-HHS-Education appropriations subcommittee members urging strong investments in the Title X family program in FY 2020 (March 5)
Organization letter to Sen. Markey and Rep. Cartwright in support of the reintroduction of the Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act (March 4)
CDC Coalition letter to House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education appropriations subcommittee leaders in support of $7.8 billion for CDC in FY 2020 (March 4)

February 2019

Organization letter supporting increased funding for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Environmental Health in FY 2020 (Feb. 26)
Organization letter in support of the Agriculture Research Integrity Act which would preserve the independence of food and nutrition research and statistical agencies within USDA (Feb. 22)
Organization letter urging members of Congress to support the WIC Act to expand WIC eligibility for at-risk infants, children and new mothers (Feb. 21)
APHA letter to the U.S. House of Representatives in support of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (Feb. 25)
Organization letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders urging $50 million in funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention (Feb. 21)
Organization letter urging Members of Congress to cosponsor the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (Feb. 7)
Health organization letter opposing the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (Feb. 4)
Organization letter to members of the Senate and House in support of the Every Kid Outdoors Act (Feb. 1)

January 2019

APHA letter to Congress outlining the association's priorities for the 116th Congress (Jan. 25)
Organization statement in support of the Raise the Wage Act of 2019 (Jan. 23)
Organization letters to the president and congressional leaders urging an immediate end to the government shutdown to prevent further negative impacts on the public's health (Jan. 17)
Health organization letter to Senate leaders urging quick passage of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness & Advancing Innovation Act (Jan. 11)
APHA letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representative Mike Thompson in support of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (Jan. 9)
Organization letter to Members of the 116th Congress urging them to prioritize health equity (Jan. 4)