AAU joined ACE and 43 other organizations on a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to highlight the staggering financial impact of the pandemic on students and higher education institutions and request the next relief package include least $120 billion in aid. The letter states, “roughly one month into the fall semester, our members are reporting that their revenue losses and new costs have greatly exceeded this amount, especially in areas such as testing, contact tracing, quarantine and treatment.”