Letters to Congress and the Administration

2018

• 9-7-18 ASTHO Signs Letter Requesting Increase of Discretionary Funding for CDC in FY19 LHHS Appropriations Bill

2017

• 6-19-17 ASTHO submits letter to President’s Commission on Opioids
• 1-13-17 ASTHO Sends Letter to Congress to Urge Continued Support for Public Health Programs Currently Funded through the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Prevention and Public Health Fund

2016

• 9-15-16 ASTHO Sends Letter to Congress to Urge Zika Funding Passage
• 8-11-16 ASTHO Releases Presidential Transition Papers
• 7-12-16 ASTHO Signs Letter Urging Congress to Act on Zika Funding before Recess
• 6-28-16 ASTHO Signs Letter Urging Conferees to Resume Negotiations for Zika Emergency Funding
• 6-14-15 ASTHO Signs Letter to Conferees Urging Action on Emergency Supplemental Funding for Zika
• 5-18-16 ASTHO Signs Letter Urging House to Provide Emergency Funding for Zika 
• 5-10-16 ASTHO, AMCHP, APHL, CSTE and NACCHO Send Joint Letter to Congress Urging Action on Emergency Supplemental Funding for Zika
• 4-5-16 ASTHO Signs Letter to Congressional Leaders and Appropriators in Support of Emergency Supplemental Funding for Zika
• 2-23-16 ASTHO Signs Letter to Congressional Appropriators in Support of President’s Zika Emergency Funding Proposal
• 2-22-16 ASTHO Signs Letter to Appropriators in Support of FY 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Bill
• 2-12-16 ASTHO Signs Joint Letter with NGA, NCSL, and ECOS on TSCA Reform
• 2-12-16 ASTHO Leads Letter on TSCA Reform

2015

• 12-2-15 ASTHO Urges Senators Not to Repeal the Prevention Fund
• 10-28-15 ASTHO Signs Letter to Congressional Appropriators in Support of Antimicrobial Resistance Funding
• 10-26-15 ASTHO Signs Letter to the President in Support of the Prevention and Public Health Fund
• 10-8-15 ASTHO Writes to House Budget Committee Opposing Prevention Fund Repeal
• 9-28-15 ASTHO Opposes the Repeal of the Prevention and Public Health Fund
• 6-17-15 ASTHO Urges Members of Congress Not to Cut the Prevention and Public Health Fund
• 4-28-15 ASTHO Signs Letter to the President Requesting the Finalization of Tobacco Deeming Regulation
• 4-13-15 ASTHO Endorses H.R. 1275, the Climate Change Health Promotion and Protection Act
• 4-7-15 ASTHO Seeks Support for S. 705, the Transportation Alternatives Program Improvement Act

2013

• 5-29-13 ASTHO Executive Director Congratulates Marilyn Tavenner
• 5-20-13 ASTHO Executive Director Applauds Senator Harkin
• 1-11-13 ASTHO Signs National Violence Prevention Network Letter to Vice President Biden

2012

• 11-27-12 ASTHO and NACCHO Send Joint Letter to Hill Urging a Balanced Approach to Deficit Reduction
• Spring 2012 ASTHO and NACCHO Send Joint Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee, Full House of Representatives, and Senate Leadership Opposing Attack on the Prevention and Public Health Fund
• 1-31-12 ASTHO Urges Members Not to Cut the Prevention and Public Health Fund