Letters to Congress and federal agencies

March 2021

APHA letter to the U.S. Senate in support of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (March 4)
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 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

Organization letter to HHS Secretary-designate Xavier Becerra urging him to rescind Section 1115 Medicaid work requirements demonstrations (Jan. 25)
Organization letter in support of the Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act (Jan. 22)
Citizen petition supplement to the Food and Drug Administration providing updated evidence on the negative public health impact of menthol cigarettes (January 14)
Organization letter to President-elect Biden urging him to immediately rescind Executive Order 13950, Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (Jan. 8)