Federal Appropriations
The National Health Council (NHC) supports appropriate federal funding for health research and innovation at the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and other agencies. Both individually and in concert with other organizations, the National Health Council has made numerous appeals to Congress and the Administration.
- Testimony by NHC CEO Myrl Weinberg to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on the significance of FY2014 funding of federal health research agencies and other programs (May 6, 2013)
- Testimony by NHC CEO Myrl Weinberg on the significance of FY2014 funding of federal research agencies and other programs designed to improve the health of the nation (March 15, 2013)
- Letter to President and Congress about the impact of proposed deficit reduction measures (July 15, 2011)
- Testimony of NHC President submitted to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and related agencies regarding FY 2012 HHS appropriation (May 20, 2011)
- Comments on the NIH’s proposed development of a Genetic Testing Registry (July 15, 2010)
- Letter in support of increasing access by extramural scientists to the NIH Clinical Center (May 17, 2010)
- Letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees requesting the full $25 million for Regulatory Science in the President’s FY 2011 budget request (July 30, 2010)
- Letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee requesting funding for the Cures Acceleration Network (July 26, 2010)
- Letter to Congress requesting to include funding for the newly-enacted Cures Acceleration Network in the FY 2011 Labor-HHS appropriations bill (May 14, 2010)
- Letter to the Senate supporting funding for the Cures Acceleration Network in the FY 2011 Labor-HHS appropriations bill (April 16, 2010)
- NHC supports the President’s FY 2011 budget request of $611 million to generate better evidence to help make a measurable difference in health care for all Americans (March 15, 2010)
- Letter urging the Senate to vote against the Sessions-McCaskill amendment imposing statutory discretionary spending caps through FY 2013 (March 15, 2010)
To learn more about the NHC’s priority policy areas, please select one of the following issue areas:
