Letters to Congress and federal agencies

Friends of HRSA letter urging the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to provide strong funding for HRSA in fiscal year 2026 and reject House cuts (Nov. 4)

CDC Coalition letter urging the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to provide strong funding for CDC in fiscal year 2026 and reject House cuts (Oct. 30)

APHA letter to congressional leaders urging passage of a short-term continuing resolution that fully funds all critical public health agencies and programs (Sept. 19)
Organization letters to the Senate HELP Committee and the House E&C Committee urging their bipartisan oversight and investigation into the firing of CDC staff (Sept. 12)
Organization letter to congressional leaders urging Congress to pass the Protecting Healthcare and Lowering Costs Act of 2025 and reverse the repeal of essential health care provisions done by H.R. 1 (Sept. 11)
Organization letter to congressional leaders urging passage of S. 1941, the Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025 (Sept. 2)

Organization letter to HHS Secretary Kennedy urging the agency to maintain the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force as a non-partisan, evidence-based entity (Aug. 11)

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)

2025 Letters