Reps. Lipinski (D-IL) and Brooks (R-IN) circulated a Dear Colleague letter asking House members to sign a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Leader McCarthy requesting $47 billion in supplemental funding to stabilize universities and colleges and support students pursuing higher education.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) sent a letter to Senate leaders asking them to “address the challenges faced by the U.S. scientific research workforce during” the COVID-19 pandemic.
AAU President Mary Sue Coleman sent a letter to the members of the 116th Congress to highlight the vital efforts of America’s leading research universities to lead the fight against COVID-19 and to underscore the importance of federal support for our research universities and students.
The Task Force on American Innovation, which includes AAU, sent a letter to congressional leaders asking them to take “decisive actions to address the short- and long-term impacts of [the] nationwide ramp-down and shuttering of labs” caused by the dramatic reduction of non-COVID-19-related research activity.
AAU sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, and Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia regarding White House executive order about immigration and share immigration and visa issues colleges and universities are concerned about for the upcoming fall semester
Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Fred Upton (R-MI), and a bipartisan group of over 180 representatives sent a letter to House leaders urging them to include funding for scientific and medical research in the forthcoming Phase Four COVID-19 relief package.
AAU joined ACE and a group of 33 higher education associations on a letter to House and Senate Small Business Committee leaders asking them to expand the Small Business Administration programs created by the CARES Act letter – namely, the Paycheck Protection Program and the Covid-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Emergency Advance and Loan Program.
AAU, ACE, and 34 other higher education organizations sent a letter to House Financial Services Committee and Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Development Committee leaders asking them to recommend changes to the mid-sized loan programs included in the CARES Act – specifically, the Main Street Lending programs.
AAU and APLU joined with national, state, and regional stakeholders on a letter to congressional leaders thanking them for their ongoing efforts to combat COVID-19 and requesting that Congress continue to prioritize relief for the United States’ agricultural research, education, and extension programs.
AAU joined ACE and 40 other higher education organizations on a letter House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee leaders concerning the taxability of emergency federal student aid grant relief included in the CARES Act.