AACN's Latest Advocacy, Coalition, and Policy Efforts
June 24: AACN signed onto a letter supporting funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.
June 7: AACN signed on to an to Congress opposing the addition of the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act and the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act as amendments to the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (H.R.8070).
June 5: AACN signed onto a Friends of the VA Medical Care and Health Research (FOVA) coalition letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) which outlined FY 2025 funding recommendations for VA research, facility repairs, and information technology (IT) improvements.
June 3: AACN signed onto a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging Congress to provide funding for CDC, NIH, and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to conduct research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention.
May 31: AACN signed on to a letter urging the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic to implement specific proposals to bolster our nation’s public health system and workforce.