Letters to Congress and federal agencies

October 2024

Preventing Maternal Deaths Act Support Letter urges congress to u to swiftly pass the bipartisan Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 (H.R. 3838/S. 2415) or include the bill in the final FY 2025 appropriations package or any other must-pass legislative package (Oct. 31)

September 2024

CDC Coalition letter to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing the proposed cuts to CDC programs in the House FY 2025 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill (Sept. 27)
Health organization letter opposing H.J. Res 136, which would block the new standards finalized by EPA to reduce air and climate pollution from future new cars and light trucks (Sept. 17)
Organization letter to House and Senate leaders urging Congress to maintain funding for public health and to include the administration’s public health anomalies funding requests for critical public health (Sept. 6)

August 2024

APHA letter to Secretary of State Blinken urging the U.S. to support a vaccination ceasefire in Gaza to assist the WHO in delivering critical polio vaccinations and urging continued U.S. support for a long-term ceasefire and the release of all hostages (Aug. 13)
Organization letter in support of the Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act (Aug. 13)
APHA letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urging the agency to recognize updated science on aerosol transmission of infectious diseases as recommended by the World Health Organization (Aug. 6)

July 2024

Global Health Council letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leaders supporting robust global health funding in the FY 2025 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill and opposing proposed cuts included in the version of the bill proposed in the House of Representatives (July 11)
Global Health Council letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leaders supporting robust global health funding in the FY 2025 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs appropriations bill and opposing proposed cuts included in the version of the bill proposed in the House of Representatives (July 11)
APHA letter to the House Appropriations Committee opposing cuts to public health in the FY 2025 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill (July 10)

June 2024

APHA letter to the House Labor-HHS-Education appropriations subcommittee opposing cuts to public health agencies and programs included in the House FY 2025 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill (June 26)
APHA letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee opposing four bills that would use the Congressional Review Act to overturn important public health rules issued by the U.S. EPA to reduce air pollution and address climate change (June 26)
Organization letter in support of FY 2025 funding for the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program (June 24)
Health organization statement opposing congressional efforts to overturn clean air and climate change regulations (June 13)
Organization letter to House and Senate appropriators supporting FY 2025 funding of $35 million for CDC, $25 million for NIH, and $1 million for NIJ for firearm morbidity and mortality prevention research (June 3)

May 2024

Organization letter to the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic urging subcommittee members use its scheduled June 3 hearing to focus on ways that Congress can help improve the public health infrastructure and workforce (May 31)
APHA letter to House Appropriations Committee leaders on the markup of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (May 22)
Organization letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders in support of $100 million in FY 2025 for CDC's Social Determinants of Health program (May 14)
Organization letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders in support of $102.5 million in FY 2025 for CDC's REACH program (May 14)
APHA letter to House leaders urging House passage of S. 3853, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act (May 13)
Health organization letter to House appropriators in support of FY 2025 funding for the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program and the Bio-Preparedness Workforce Pilot Program (May 1)

April 2024

Health organization letter in support of FY 2025 funding for CDC's Public Health Data Modernization funding (April 30)
Organization letter to House Appropriations Committee leaders in support of $268.1 million for Community and Youth Violence Prevention through the Division of Violence Prevention at CDC (April 30)
Organization letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leaders in support of $268.1 million for Community and Youth Violence Prevention through the Division of Violence Prevention at CDC (April 30)
Organization letter in support of $100 million for CDC's Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies program in FY 2025 (April 29)
Organization letter in support of $1 billion for the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant in FY 2025 (April 29)
Organization letter in support of $100 million for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in FY 2025 (April 15)
Organization letter in support of $420.85 million for CDC's National Center for Environmental Health in FY 2025 (April 15)
Organization letter in support of $5 million in FY 2025 for the HHS Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (April 10)
Organization letter in support of $110 million for CDC climate and health activities in FY 2025 (April 10)
Organization letter in support of $220 million for CDC's National Center for Health Statistics in FY 2025 (April 10)
Organization letter in support of $12 billion for U.S. EPA in FY 2025 (April 10)
Friends of HRSA FY 2025 request letter to House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education appropriations subcommittee leaders (April 1)

March 2024

CDC Coalition FY 2025 request letter to House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education appropriations subcommittee leaders (March 26)
Organization letter to House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders urging them to prioritize nutrition security for all and to protect historic investments in conservation programs in upcoming Farm Bill reauthorization legislation (March 26)

February 2024

Organization letter to the U.S. Senate in support of support of the expanded child tax credit provisions included in H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 (Feb. 26)
Organization letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee opposing the Air Quality Standards Implementation Act of 2024 (Feb. 15)
Organization letter to House Committee on Oversight and Accountability leaders in support of vaccines and the U.S. vaccine safety system (Feb. 15)
Organization letter to House leaders opposing cuts to the Prevention and Public Health Fund (Feb. 5)

January 2024

APHA letter to the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the expanded child tax credit provisions included in H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 (Jan. 30)
Organization letter to House and Senate appropriations leaders urging adequate funding for HRSA Title VII and Title VIII programs in the FY2024 appropriations process (Jan. 29)
Organization letter to the House of Representatives urging opposition to H.R. 6918, legislation that supports deceptive, anti-abortion practices at crisis pregnancy centers (Jan. 18)
APHA letter to President Biden in support of the FDA's proposed rule to prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes (Jan. 9)
Organization letter to House and Senate leaders opposing a year-long continuing resolution and the resulting cuts to nondefense discretionary spending (Jan. 4)