2004 Archives

December 2004

• Letter to Senators Committed to Opposing Efforts to Cut, Cap or End the Medicaid Entitlement (December 15, 2004)
• Letter to CDC in Support of Examination of Reports of Lead Exposure in Children Resulting from Mexican Candy Consumption (December 2, 2004)

November 2004

• Letter to FDA Commissioner Requesting that the Lead Standards in Candy Be Examined (November 19, 2004)
• Letter in Support of Funding for a National Academy of Sciences Study on Chemical Safety in the FY 2005 VA-HUD Appropriations Bill (November 17, 2004)
• Letter to HHS in Support of New National Quitline and Smoking Cessation Website (November 12, 2004)

August 2004

• Letter in Support of Increase in FY 2005 Funding for CDC's Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant (August 19, 2004)

July 2004

• Letter in Support of H.R. 4433/S. 2461, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (July 14, 2004)
  
• CDC Coalition Letter to Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee in Support of CDC Funding (July 7, 2004)
• Friends of HRSA Letter on Fiscal Year 2005 Health Resources and Services Administration Funding (July 6, 2004)

June 2004

• Letter Reaffirming Support for S. 2328, the Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2004, and Expressing Concern Regarding S. 2493, the Safe IMPORT Act of 2004 (June 17, 2004)
• Letter in Support of S. 2328, the Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2004 (June 9, 2004)
• Letter in Opposition to Adding a Buyout of Tobacco Quota Holders to the Foreign Sales Corporation/Extraterritorial Income Tax (FSC/ETI) Legislation (June 4, 2004)
• Letter in Support of the Medicare Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2004 (June 1, 2004)

May 2004

• Letter to Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chairmen and Ranking Members Concerning Administration's Proposal to Reprogram Fiscal Year 2004 Bioterrorism Preparedness Funds (May 26, 2004)
• LCAO Letter in Support of S. 2328, the Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2004 (May 19, 2004)
• Letter to Appropriations Committee Chairmen and Ranking Members Concerning Allocations to the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittee (May 3, 2004)

April 2004

• Letter to Senators Frist and Daschle in Support of Bipartisan Health Disparities Legislation (April 20, 2004)
• Letter to Federal Election Commission Proposed New Rule Relating to Political Committees and Election-Related Activities (April 9, 2004)

March 2004

• Letter Addressing Political Tone of Social Security Administration Brochure (March 12, 2004)
• Letter Expressing Concern Over Funding for Proposed National Network of Smoking Cessation Telephone Quitlines (March 16, 2004)
• LCAO Letter in Support of Extending the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Under the Medicaid Program (March 11, 2004)
• LCAO Letter Objecting to Provisions of Senate Budget Resolution (March 9, 2004)

February 2004

• Letter in Support of the Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act of 2003 (February 25, 2004)
• Letter Listing Priority Issues of the Partners for Effective Tobacco Policy (PARTNERS) for the Second Session of the 108th Congress (February 25, 2004)
• Letter in Opposition to the Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical Assistance Amendments of 2004 (February 17, 2004)
• Letter in Support of the Family Care Act of 2004 (February 13, 2004)
• Letter in Support of Medicare's Equitable Drugs for Seniors Act of 2004 (February 12, 2004)
• Letter Regarding National Condom Week (February 12, 2004)

January 2004

• Letter in Support of the National Highway Safety Act of 2003 (January 29, 2004)