"The undersigned 136 members of the CDC Coalition and other supporting state, national and academic organizations write to express our strong opposition to the $1.8 billion (22%) cut to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention proposed in the House FY 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill. Our organizations urge the House to reject this bill that severely undercuts public health. Instead, we urge you to work in a bipartisan manner to develop a final bill that contains robust funding for the agency and rejects controversial policy riders. Due to years of underfunding, many of CDC’s most effective prevention programs are not reaching all states and communities, and the House bill as currently drafted will only exacerbate this problem."
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