Association of American Universities • 1200 New York Ave., NW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20005 • (202) 408-7500 Association of Public and Land-grant Universities • 1307 New York Ave., NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005 • (202) 478-6040 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES March 8, 2013 The Honorable Barbara Mikulski T

U N I V E R S I T Y O F C A L I F O R N I A BERKELEY • DAVIS • IRVINE • LOS ANGELES • MERCED • RIVERSIDE • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO SANTA BARBARA • SANTA CRUZ 1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607-5200 Phone: (510) 987-9074 Fax: (510) 987-9086 http://www.ucop.edu February 26, 2013 Members of the California Delegation

2025 M Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036 phone: (202) 367-1189 fax: (202) 367-2269 www.bhef.com EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Wes Bush BHEF Chair Chairman, CEO, & President, Northrop Grumman Corporation Barbara Snyder BHEF Vice Chair President, Case Western Reserve University Molly Corbett Broad President, American Co

February 11, 2013 Dear Representative: The undersigned organizations and institutions, which represent patients, scientists, health care providers, and industry, are gravely concerned about the impact of continued cuts, including sequestration, funding shortfalls in fiscal years 2013 and 2014, and the threat of additio

Hunter Rawlings President, Association of American Universities Remarks at Stop Sequestration Press Conference February 11, 2013 Thank you all for being here. I’m Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities, which represents 60 of the nation’s top public and private research universities. As

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Association of American Universities 1200 New York Ave., NW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 408-7500 Association of Public and Land-grant Universities  1307 New York Ave., NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005  (202) 478-6040 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES January 30, 2013 President Barack Obama The Whit

November 29, 2012 Dear Members of the New York State Congressional Delegation: As Congress confronts our nations significant fiscal challenges, we urge you to avert budget sequestration and reach a balanced, long-term approach to reducing our deficit and growing our economy. We appreciate your understanding that a fail

November 27, 2012 President Barack Obama The White House United States of America The Honorable Harry Reid The Honorable Mitch McConnell Senate Majority Leader Senate Minority Leader United States Senate United States Senate The Honorable John Boehner The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House Minority Leader U.S.

 AAU and APLU resend to policymakers the letter on the fiscal cliff sent to them last July by 150 university presidents and chancellors from across the country.

 The updated ScienceWorksForUS website shows devastating impact of budget sequester on America's research enterprise and highlights importance of federally funded university research to innovation, the economy, and society. 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Barry Toiv September 14, 2012 barry_toiv@aau.edu; 202-408-7500 AAU STATEMENT ON ADMINISTRATION SEQUESTER REPORT Following is a statement by Hunter Rawlings, President of the Association of American Universities, on the report issued today by the Office of Management and Budget on the impa

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 University Leaders from 50 states urge the President and congressional leaders to avoid the year-end budget sequester and reach a balanced, long-term deficit-reduction agreement.

October 28, 2011 The Honorable Patty Murray The Honorable Jeb Hensarling Co-Chair, Joint Select Committee Co-Chair, Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction on Deficit Reduction U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives 448 Russell Senate Office Building 129 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Washingt

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1307 New York Avenue, NW 1200 New York Avenue, NW Suite 400 Suite 550 Washington, DC 20005 Washington, DC 20005 NEWS RELEASE For Release: IMMEDIATE – September 21, 2011 Contact: Paul F. Hassen, A۰P۰L۰U , 202-478-6073 Barry Toiv, AAU, 202-408-7500 Reach “A Big Agreement – Not Incremental Steps” on Deficit Reduction Univ

1200 New York Ave, NW 1307 New York Avenue, NW Suite 400 Suite 550 Washington, DC 20005 Washington, DC 20005 September 21, 2011 Hon. Jeb Hensarling, Co-Chair Hon. Patty Murray, Co-Chair U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate Hon. Max Baucus Hon. Xavier Becerra U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Hon. Dave Camp

 A letter to OMB Director Jacob Lew urging the Administration to continue to make federal student aid and basic research priorities for strategic investment spending in the FY13 budget. 

STATEMENT ON THE FEDERAL DEFICIT As representatives of the nations business, university, science and engineering communities, we believe the future of our nation depends on our willingness to take immediate actions to rein in the federal deficit and drive economic growth. Americans know the exploding federal debt is un

 A group of five higher education associations, including AAU, submitted comments to the Department of Commerce on April 1 regarding the Administration's Strategy for American Innovation. 

 The Task Force on American Innovation commends the fiscal commission report for its commitment to investment in research and education. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Barry Toiv December 1, 2010 202-408-7500, barry_toiv@aau.edu AAU PRAISES BOWLES-SIMPSON FISCAL REPORT The Association of American Universities (AAU), an association that includes 61 leading public and private U.S. research universities, today praised the report issued by the National Comm

 The Task Force on American Innovation urges the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform to recognize the importance to the nation's economy of continuing to make new investments in education, science, and technology even as the panel develops recommendations to reduce the federal deficit. 

"AAU’s mission is to advance basic research and higher education, particularly graduate education. These are two critical areas of investment for America’s future, as they produce the ideas and people essential to innovation – the foundation of economic growth, improved health, and strengthened national and homeland security.."