Dear Chairwoman DeLauro, Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Granger and Vice Chairman
Shelby:
The undersigned 140 members of the CDC Coalition and other supporting state and national
organizations urge you to include at least the House-passed level of $10.5 billion for the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s programs in any final FY 2022 Labor, Health
and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill. We truly
appreciate your support for CDC and for the significant increases provided in both the House and
Senate versions of the FY 2022 appropriations bill. Strong funding for CDC is critical to
supporting all of CDC’s activities and programs, which are essential to protect the health of our
communities. Due to years of underfunding, many CDC programs have not received the funding
that is needed to address the many health challenges we face as a nation, resulting in many of
CDC’s most effective prevention programs not reaching all states. We also believe that it is
critical for Congress to quickly finalize the FY 2022 appropriations process to avoid lengthy
continuing resolutions that bring uncertainty and make it more difficult for the agency and its
grantees to protect the public’s health.
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