AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION

Alcohol and Drug Abuse ALC

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

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

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.

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

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 S. 2852, 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: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); President of the U.S.

Bills named: S. 2852 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Increase funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in FY 2019. Increase funding for the Health Resources and Services Administration in FY 2019. Support adequate FY 2019 funding for CDC's National Center for Environmental Health. Support of full funding for HRSAs health professions and nursing workforce development programs in fiscal year 2019. Support adequate FY 2019 funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Oppose appropriations riders to block or delay FDA regulation of tobacco products. Support FY 2019 funding for Title X. Support FY 2019 funding for the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant.

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

Firearms/Guns/Ammunition FIR

Support funding for CDC firearm morbidity and mortality prevention research.

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

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

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

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

Immigration IMM

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

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

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

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

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Support the Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act. Oppose H.R. 806, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act. Support full implementation and enforcement of the Clean Air Acts protections from ozone pollution. Oppose S. 1857, the Relief from New Source Performance Standards Act.

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

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