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September
5, 2002
The
Honorable Ralph Regula
Chairman,
House Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education
Appropriations Subcommittee
2358
Rayburn House Office Building
Washington,
DC 20515
Dear Chairman
Regula:
The undersigned members of the
Friends of NICHD, a coalition of nearly 100 organizations that support the work
of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), applaud and urge your continued support for a 15% increase for the
National Institutes of Health, and encourage a commensurate increase for NICHD.
This increase for NIH will complete the bipartisan goal of doubling the NIH
budget and ensure that NICHD is able to meet its own research goals.
Our
organizations represent scientists, physicians, health care providers, patients,
and parents concerned with the health and welfare of women, children, families,
and people with disabilities. Scientific
breakthroughs supported by the NIH and NICHD specifically serve to prevent and
treat many of the nation’s most devastating health problems, such as infant
mortality and low birthweight, birth defects, developmental disabilities,
pediatric AIDS, and the reproductive health
of women throughout their lifespans.
NICHD
is also disseminating the latest research findings to the public on diseases
such as autism and the results of decades of parenting research.
Additionally, NICHD has supported research on sudden infant death
syndrome, dietary supplement use in women,
childhood obesity, fragile X syndrome, adult and family literacy and
critical demographic social and behavioral research. Sustained public investment
in NICHD provides a foundation of scientific knowledge about human physical,
intellectual, social, and emotional development that has profoundly improved
public health.
We
deeply appreciate the consistent interest and support Congress has shown for the
NIH and NICHD. As
your committee moves forward on the Labor, HHS Appropriations bill, we urge you
to provide NIH and NICHD with funding levels that meet current needs for
addressing health issues across the lifespan.
Thank you in advance for your consideration of our views and we look
forward to continuing to work with you on these critical issues.
Sincerely,
Ambulatory Pediatric Association
American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association on Mental Retardation
American College of Nurse-Midwives
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Educational Research Association
American Pediatric Society
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
American
Society of Human Genetics
American Society for Nutritional Sciences
American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
American Urogynecologic Society
Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs
Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs
Association of University Centers on
Disabilities
Consortium of Social Science Associations
Cooley's Anemia Foundation
Developmental Disabilities Research Centers Association
FRAXA Research Foundation
International
Rett Syndrome Association
Jeffrey Modell Foundation
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Society for Research in Child Development
National Center for Learning Disabilities
National Down Syndrome Society
National Women's Health Network
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
Society
for Gynecologic Investigation
Society for Pediatric Research
Society for Research on Adolescence
Society for
the Study of Reproduction
Society
for Women's Health Research
The
Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences
The National Fragile X Foundation
cc:
The Honorable David
Obey
The Honorable Bill Young
The Honorable Ernest Istook
The Honorable Anne
Northrup
The Honorable Roger
Wicker
The Honorable Randy Cunningham
The Honorable Kay
Granger
The Honorable John Peterson
The Honorable Don
Sherwood
The Honorable Steny Hoyer
The Honorable Nancy
Pelosi
The Honorable Nita Lowey
The Honorable Rosa
DeLauro
The Honorable Jesse Jackson
The Honorable Patrick
Kennedy
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