Letters to Congress and federal agencies
2025 Letters
- Organization letter to appropriations leaders urging them to boost the allocation for the Labor-HHS-Education bill for FY 2026 (July 25)
- APHA letter to U.S. Department of State Secretary Marco Rubio in support of an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza (July 25)
- Organization letter urging Congress to protect the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (July 9)
- APHA letter to Senate opposing public health cuts in budget reconciliation legislation (June 27)
- Organization letter to Congress opposing rescission of foreign assistance funds (June 5)
- Organization letter to appropriations leaders urging at least $51.3 billion in funding for NIH in the FY26 appropriations process (June 5)
- Organization letter to HHS expressing concerns about the ability of smoking prevention programs to continue under ongoing federal agency reorganization (May 21)
- APHA letter to Congress opposing the H.R. 1, the House reconciliation bill, and its significant cuts to public health programs (May 21)
- Organization letter to Congress urging support for gun violence prevention research funding at the CDC, NIH and NIJ in the FY26 appropriations process (May 20)
- Health organization declaration on climate change and health (May 20)
- Organization letter to Congress opposing cuts to HHS in the President's FY26 Budget (April 25)
- Organization letter to Congress urging $220 million in FY26 funding for the National Center for Health Statistics (April 24)
- Friends of HRSA letter to Congress urging $10.5 billion in discretionary funding for HRSA in fiscal year 2026 (April 18)
- CDC Coalition letter to Congress urging $11.581 billion in discretionary funding for CDC in fiscal year 2026 (April 9)
- For Our Health letter strongly opposing HHS cuts (March 31)
- Organization letter to Congress urging members to restore and strengthen funding for international family planning efforts (Mar. 6)
- Organization letter to House and Senate health committee leaders opposing any reduction or elimination of the Prevention and Public Health Fund during the budget reconciliation process (Feb. 26)
- Health organization letter to Congress supporting bipartisan efforts to protect and enhance important child welfare programs (Feb. 24)
- Health organization statement to Congress opposing cuts to climate and health investments included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act (Feb. 20)
- Organization letter to Congress opposing the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act (Feb. 20)
- Organization letter to Congress opposing cuts to school meals (Feb. 19)
- Organization letter to Congress opposing actions to dismantle USAID (Feb. 12)
- APHA letter to the U.S. Senate opposing the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Feb. 7)
- Organization letter to the President Trump opposing the decision to initiate a withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization (Jan. 28)
- APHA letter to Senate committee leaders urging opposition to the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for Secretary of HHS (Jan. 23)
- Organization letter to Congress opposing H.R. 21/S. 6, the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (Jan. 22)
- Organization letter urging the Trump administration to protect and strengthen Medicaid (Jan. 20)
- Organization letter urging the 119th Congress to protect and strengthen Medicaid (Jan. 3)