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SIGN ON: Keep Our Urban Areas Safe, Homeland Security Funding
Many cities across the nation contain high-density potential terror targets, such as international airports, transit stations and major tourist attractions. These cities devote tremendous resources toward keeping their residents safe, but they rely on federal
funding to protect their communities and critical infrastructure from national security threats.
Closing TODAY: FY21 Funding for Environmental Justice
Please join us in sending a letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies in support of increased funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Justice Program within the Environmental
Programs and Management (EPM) Account and the Hazardous Substance Superfund Account (Superfund Account).
Join the Women in STEM Caucus
I write to invite you to join us as members of the Congressional Women in STEM Caucus.
Support CDFI Disability Funds
Please join me in requesting $6 million in funding dedicated to the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) program Integration for Individuals with Disabilities
Support Students During the Coronavirus Outbreak
In order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, higher education institutions across the country are bringing students back from study abroad programs, canceling educational programming, and moving to online classes. Most recently, some schools have required
their students to move out of their on-campus housing for the duration of their spring classes and relocate to other homes.
DEADLINE TODAY: Support Environmental Justice measures in EPA’s appropriations bill
I am writing to invite you to join me in requesting report language in the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2021 that specifies that $3 million in funding for the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) be used to implement two measures which are key in ensuring Environmental Justice for all Americans:
Support Life Saving Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Therapies Cosponsor the TRANSPLANT Act of 2019
We invite you to cosponsor bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the CW Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (Program) and the National Cord Blood Inventory program (NCBI). These programs save lives by connecting patients with otherwise fatal blood cancers
or blood disorders to unrelated donors across the world. Authorization for the Program and NCBI expires at the end of Fiscal Year 2020. The
Timely ReAuthorization of Necessary Stem-cell Programs Lends Access to Needed Therapies Act of 2019 (TRANSPLANT Act) would allow for continued operation and funding through 2025 without interruption.
SUPPORT FUNDING FOR INDIAN YOUTH SERVICE CORPS – PILOT PROGRAM – DEADLINE TOMORROW
Please join me in sending the letter below to support funding at least $5 million to establish an Indian Youth Service Corps pilot program in the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs (DOI-BIA).
Help Fight Drug Abuse and Addiction by Supporting Full Funding for the HIDTA Program
Please join our letter to the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government calling for $290 million for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program in fiscal year 2021.
SIGN BIPARTISAN LETTER SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS IN FY 2021
We invite you to join us in encouraging the House Appropriations Committee to provide $150 million for Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) in the FY 2021 Financial Services
and General Government Appropriations bill.