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APS Members Visit Capitol Hill
At the conclusion of the September meeting of the Public Affairs Committee, APS members visited several Congressional offices to highlight the importance of federal funding for biomedical research.
Public Affairs Committee Member Jennifer Uno with Rep. Price
Committee members met with staff to Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Carl Levin (D-MI), Herb Kohl (D-WI), James Inhofe (R-OK), and Patty Murray (D-WA). In the House of Representatives, meetings were with staff for Representatives Steve Chabot (R-OH), Paul Broun (R-GA), James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Mary Fallin (R-OK), Michael Rogers (R-MI), Danny Davis (D-IL), and David Price (D-NC). In addition to those staff meetings, committee members from Georgia and North Carolina were privileged to meet personally with Representatives Broun and Price.
The meetings occurred at a critical time as Congress worked toward completion of legislation to fund government programs in the new fiscal year (FY 2009). Because funding at the NIH and NSF has failed to keep pace with inflation in recent years, APS members asked Members of Congress to consider adding funds over and above FY 2008 levels for those agencies to prevent further erosion of research capabilities and purchasing power.
The messages that committee members heard from the different offices were generally supportive of biomedical research funding, and APS members were able to make critical connections with Congressional staff that may be helpful in the future as issues related to funding and science policy arise.
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