AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION

Firearms/Guns/Ammunition FIR

Support funding for CDC firearm morbidity and mortality prevention research.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office

Alcohol and Drug Abuse ALC

Support adequate funding for the federal response to the opioid epidemic.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); President of the U.S.; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Agriculture AGR

Oppose House farm bill. Support Senate farm bill. Oppose cuts to SNAP in the Farm Bill conference report. Oppose provisions that would weaken or prevent laws that protect the public from pesticides and provisions that would weaken or eliminate key conservation programs in any final Farm Bill conference report. Support final farm bill conference report.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); President of the U.S.; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Transportation TRA

Oppose S. 1885, the AV START Act.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; President of the U.S.; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 1885 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

Oppose efforts to repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Oppose legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Support comprehensive over-the-counter monograph reform efforts. Support passage of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018. Support the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018. Oppose the appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Contacted: President of the U.S.; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Oppose appropriations riders to block or delay FDA regulation of tobacco products. Oppose diversion of FY 2018 HHS funding to pay for activities related to the family separation policy at the U.S.-Mexico border. Support full FY 2019 funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and oppose damaging policy riders.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); President of the U.S.; White House Office

Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM

Oppose any effort to exclude Planned Parenthood health centers from participating in federal health programs. Support a strong national paid family and medical leave policy (S. 337/H.R. 947).

Contacted: President of the U.S.; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 947 (115th), S. 337 (115th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Oppose budget cut to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in the House Interior-Environment appropriations bill. Oppose House Interior-Environment appropriations bill report language discouraging ATSDR from undertaking health assessments of potential hazardous exposures at agricultural operations.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); President of the U.S.; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office

Tobacco TOB

Support adequate FY 2019 funding for the Food and Drug Administration's oversight of tobacco related products and oppose tobacco-related policy riders on appropriations bills.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Immigration IMM

Oppose White House policy of separating families at the U.S-Mexico border.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Support nutrition facts label compliance date. Oppose S. 261 and H.R. 772, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2017. Oppose policy rider in the FY 2019 Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations Bill that would restrict access to sales data from SNAP authorized retailers.

Contacted: White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); President of the U.S.; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: S. 261 (115th), H.R. 772 (115th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Oppose the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys plans to reconsider limits on mercury and other air toxics from power plants. Support the Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act. Oppose H.R. 806, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act. Oppose S. 1857, the Relief from New Source Performance Standards Act.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); President of the U.S.

Bills named: S. 1857 (115th), H.R. 806 (115th)