Letter to Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate and
House Appropriations Committees
June 6, 2002
The Honorable Robert C. Byrd
Chairman
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
S-128, The Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The undersigned organizations urge you to provide the highest possible allocation for the Labor,
Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, when the
Appropriations Committee meets to determine the 302b allocations for the various
subcommittees.
While we sincerely appreciate the great difficulty facing you in determining the appropriate level
of resources for a range of pressing national needs, the undersigned organizations believe that the
activities and programs supported by the U.S. Public Health Service are essential to the health of
the American people including protecting them from the consequences of terrorist attacks. These
activities encompass a connected continuum where biomedical, behavioral and health services
research guides community-based prevention and early treatment strategies. These strategies are,
in turn, carried out through targeted services to medically underserved and high risk populations
that are provided by a trained health and public health workforce. Each link in the continuum
cannot succeed in its vital contribution without strong support from all of the other elements. The
continuum as a whole cannot succeed in achieving the goal of improved health outcomes, or
successfully prepare the nation for bioterrorist attacks, without strong, sustained resources.
Again, the undersigned organizations urge you to do everything possible to provide the
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education the highest possible
allocation. A healthy America is a strong America and a critical asset in facing the serious
challenges ahead.
To respond to this letter, please contact Marcia Mabee, PhD, MPH; Executive Director of the
Coalition for Health Funding: 703-709-3001; mmabee@ix.netcom.com.
Sincerely,
Academic Health Centers Clinical Research Forum
Administrators of Internal Medicine
AIDS Action
AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth and Families
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
AIDS Nutrition Services Alliance
AIDS Project Los Angeles
AirLifeLine
Alliance for Aging Research
Alliant International University
Alzheimer's Association
Ambulatory Pediatric Association
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Physician Assistants
American Association for Dental Research
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
American Association for Thoracic Surgery
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American Association on Mental Retardation
American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
American College of Cardiology
American College of Clinical Pharmacy
American College of Nurse-Midwives
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine
American College of Preventive Medicine
American College of Rheumatology
American College of Surgeons
American Counseling Association
American Dental Association
American Dental Education Association
American Dental Hygienists' Association
American Diabetes Association
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
American Foundation for AIDS Research.
American Foundation for the Blind
American Gastroenterological Association
American Geriatrics Society
American Heart Association
American Hospital Association.
American Liver Foundation
American Lung Association
American Medical Association
American Nurses Association
American Occupational Therapy Association
American Optometric Association
American Osteopathic Association
American Pediatric Society
American Physiological Society
American Podiatric Medical Association
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
American Public Health Association
American Social Health Association
American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
American Society for Clinical Pathology
American Society for Microbiology
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Hematology
American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
American Thoracic Society
Americans for Better Care of the Dying
Arthritis Foundation
Association of Academic Health Centers
Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries
Association of American Medical Colleges
Association of Departments of Family Medicine
Association of Family Practice Residency Directors
Association of Independent Research Institutes
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs
Association of Minority Health Professions Schools
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations
Association of Professors of Medicine
Association of Public Health Laboratories
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
Association of Subspecialty Professors
Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions
Association of Schools of Public Health
Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine
Association of University Centers on Disability
Association of University Programs in Health Administration
Association of University Programs in Occupational Health and Safety
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
Biotechnology Industry Organization
Boys Town National Research Hospital
California Area Health Education Center Program
Campaign for Medical Research
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Children's Brain Tumor Foundation
Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine
Coalition for American Trauma Care
Coalition for Health Funding
Coalition for Health Services Research
Coalition of Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue
Communities Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Consortium of Social Science Associations
Cooley's Anemia Foundation
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Developmental Disabilities Research Centers Association
Digestive Disease National Coalition
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Every Child By Two
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Florida AIDS Action
Friends of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Friends of the National Library of Medicine
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
Genetic Alliance
Health Insurance Association of America
Hepatitis Foundation International
HIV/AIDS Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association
HIV Medicine Association
Human Rights Campaign
Immune Deficiency Foundation
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Jeffrey Modell Foundation
Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
Legal Action Center
March of Dimes
Medical Group Management Association
Medical Library Association
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals
National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National Area Health Education Centers Organization.
National Association of Children's Hospitals
National Association of Community Health Centers
National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Association of Geriatric Education Centers
National Association of Local Boards of Health
National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
National Association of School Nurses
National Association of Social Workers
National Association of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors
National Association of State EMS Directors
National Association of State Universities & Land-Grant Colleges
National Black Nurses Association, Inc
National Caucus of Basic Biomedical Science Chairs
National Center for Health Education
National Coalition for Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
National Fire Protection Association
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
National Kidney Foundation
National Marfan Foundation
National Minority AIDS Council
National Mental Health Association
National Network for Youth
National Respite Coalition
NephCure Foundation
North American Primary Care Research Group
Partnership for Prevention
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Project Inform
Pulmonary Hypertension Association
PXE International
Research!America
Research Society on Alcoholism
Research Triangle Institute
Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation
Society for Investigative Dermatology
Society for Neuroscience
Society for Pediatric Psychology
Society for Pediatric Research
Society for Public Health Education
Society for Women's Health Research
Society of General Internal Medicine
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Spina Bifida Association of America
State Associations of Addiction Services
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance
The Children's Cause
The Genome Action Coalition
The Gerontological Society of America
The Paget Foundation For Paget's Disease of Bone and Related Disorders
Therapeutic Communities of America
Trust for America's Health
Union College
United Cerebral Palsy Associations
University of Florida-Health Science Center
Washington Business Group on Health
Wisconsin Association for Biomedical Research & Education
Women's Health Research Coalition
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