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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.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | LettersAAU letter to Members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction urging them to keep in mind that drastic cuts to research investments in the discretionary accounts, both defense and non-defense, would set a dangerous precedent that would inhibit immediate scientific progress and threaten…
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | LettersMemorandum to Senate Colleagues, from Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senate Budget Committee majority staff regarding where we stand heading toward upcoming budget cliffs and beginning work on a Senate budget resolution, January 24, 2012.
Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | Fiscal Policy | LettersAAU President Hunter Rawlings' opening remarks at press conference on sequestration and the American workforce.
Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | Fiscal Policy | Speech/RemarksOrganizations and institutions, which represent patients, scientists, health care providers, universities, and industry, expressed concern about the impact of sequestration on medical research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). They respectfully urged Congress and the…
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | LettersBHEF urges the Members to reach an agreement for FY2014 that eliminates sequestration, promotes economic growth through research and education investments, and includes modest entitlement reforms to help address the nation’s fiscal challenges and promote generational equity without harming those…
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | LettersAAU and APLU urge congressional conferees on the FY14 budget to reach an agreement that promotes economic growth and helps close the nation's innovation deficit by eliminating sequestration and placing a high priority on research and higher education investments.
Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | Fiscal Policy | LettersThirty-four higher education associations and groups urge House and Senate FY14 budget negotiators to eliminate the sequester and place a high priority on investments that will build the economy, such as research, student aid, and workforce training.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | LettersHunter Rawlings President, Association of American Universities, remarks at Stop Sequestration Press Conference on February 11, 2013.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | Speech/RemarksThe Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) executives urged President Obama to speak out against the across-the-board cuts imposed by sequestration stating these cuts will cause direct harm to the U.S. economy, our competitiveness and the college and university students who will become tomorrow’s…
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | Letters