Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and Susan Brooks (R-IN) sent a bipartisan letter to House leaders urging them to provide relief for students and colleges and universities in upcoming COVID-19 response legislation.
AAU today joined ACE and 30 other higher education organizations on a letter to the House Education and Labor Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee requesting technical changes to certain provisions in the CARES Act and other statues to “better align existing federal requirements with the needs of students and campuses.”
AAU joined ACE and 14 other higher education organizations on a letter to Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) to endorse the “American Opportunity Student Tax Relief Act,” bipartisan legislation recently introduced by Reps. Doggett and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).
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.