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Barbara Lee's Public Statements on Issue: Science

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01/21/2022 Letter to Hon. Xavier Bacerra, Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, BIPARTISAN GROUP OF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS URGES BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING NEEDS OF PREGNANT AND LACTATING WOMEN
12/21/2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - As Omicron Variant Dominates New Cases, Markey, Warren, Pressley, Lee Call on CDC, HHS to Resume Comprehensive Data Collection on COVID-19 Breakthrough Cases Without comprehensive data c
11/30/2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Dr. Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration -
04/13/2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Dems Call on Biden Administration to Reverse Trump Fetal Tissue Ban
01/29/2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Rep. Ron Kind Joins Bipartisan Group of Colleagues in Calling on the Biden Administration to Take Action to Protect Communities from PFAS Pollution
06/08/2020 Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the U.S. - Foster, Wyden Lead Bicameral Warning Against Trump Administration Resuming Explosive Nuclear Testing
04/29/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - DeGette leads 181 Members of Congress in urging relief for science and medical research community
12/20/2019 Letter to Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health - Blunt Rochester Leads Colleagues in Letter to National Institutes of Health Requesting Information on Grant Funding Disparities
07/02/2019 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services - Democrats Urge HHS Secretary to End Restrictions on Using Fetal Tissue for Scientific Research
10/18/2018 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Bonamici, Beyer Lead 96 Colleagues in Opposing Plans to Eliminate the EPA's Office of the Science Advisor
06/09/2017 Letter to Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy, Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator, Dr. Kent Rochford, Acting Director of National Institute of Standards and Technology, Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr., Acting Administrator of NASA, Francis Collins, Director of National Institutes of Health, Dr. France Cordova, Director of the National Science Foundation, Benjamin Friedman, Acting Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Request for Job Loss Numbers Caused by Trump Budget at Science Agencies, Universities, and Laboratories
04/06/2017 Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, & Education - Increase Federal Funding for Medical Research
04/06/2017 Letter to the Hon. Chairman Mike Simpson and the Hon. Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur of the House Appropriations Committee on Energy and Water Development - FY 2018 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
01/06/2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan - Cease Attacks on Women's Health and Medical Research
12/19/2016 Letter to President-elect Trump - Protect National Laboratory Employees
11/10/2016 Letter to the Honorable Harold Rogers, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Honorable Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives - Call for Increased Funding for the National Institutes of Health for Fiscal Year 2017
11/10/2016 Letter to the Hon. Harold Rogers - Prioritize Funding for National Institutes of Health
04/15/2016 Letter to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States - Call to Remove Barriers to Research on Medical Marijuana
12/21/2015 Letter to Francis Collins, Director National Institutes of Health - Calling for Retirement of Monkeys from Government Laboratory
06/22/2015 Letter to the Honorable Ashton B. Carter, Secretary of the US Department of Defense - Call on Department of Defense to Create a $200 Million Manufacturing Innovation Institute in California
03/18/2015 Letter to Charlie Dent, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Regulated Agencies, Sanford Bishop, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Military Construction - Funding for the President's budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Prosthetic Research
11/10/2014 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House and Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader - Urging Restoration of NIH Funding in Lame Duck
03/28/2014 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - STEM Education Grant Program for Hispanic Serving Institutions
02/21/2014 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Sustained Support for NIF
10/11/2013 Letter to Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz - Back Pay for Furloughed National Lab Employees
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