Senate Sequester Bills
February 28, 2013 Dear Senator: The Committee for Education Funding (CEF), a coalition of 106 national education associations and institutions from birth to postgraduate education, writes in support of S. 388, the American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013 and in opposition to S. 16, to provide flexibility to the Administration to determine where the …
Letter to Representative Eric Cantor
November 7, 2012 Dear Republican Colleague: This election was filled with good news, and bad news. The good news is that the American people responded to two years of House Republican leadership by sending us back with a strong majority. It is clear that our efforts to improve the economy and create the conditions for …
Education is not welfare
Dear Senator Sessions: The Committee for Education Funding (CEF), a coalition of 99 education associations and institutions from PreK to postgraduate education, is writing to express our astonishment and deep disappointment with your recent statement equating federal funding for critical education programs as welfare (Sessions Comments On Congressional Report Showing Welfare Is Single Largest Federal …
Senate Budget Resolutions
May 15, 2012 Dear Senator: The Committee for Education Funding (CEF), a coalition of 95 education associations and institutions from birth to postgraduate education, is writing to express our strong opposition to several proposed Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Resolutions that will be voted on tomorrow. H. Con. Res. 112, the House-passed Budget Resolution would severely …
Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012
May 9, 2012 Dear Representative: The Committee for Education Funding (CEF), a coalition of 95 education associations and institutions from birth to postgraduate education, writes in strong opposition to the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, reported from the Budget Committee, and to the overall approach to sequestration contained in the House-passed Budget Resolution (H. …
302b FY 2013 letter
March 16, 2012 The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye The Honorable Thad Cochran Chairman Ranking Member Committee on Appropriations Committee on Appropriations U.S. Senate U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Harold Rogers The Honorable Norm Dicks Chairman Ranking Member Committee on Appropriations Committee on Appropriations U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives …
PASS the FIX AMERICA’S SCHOOLS ACT, S. 1597
December 2, 2011 PASS the FIX AMERICA’S SCHOOLS ACT, S. 1597 Dear Senator: The following 173 organizations are writing to support the Fix America’s Schools Today (FAST) Act, S.1597. Modernizing schools and community colleges in local communities will create better learning environments for students and generate much needed jobs. The FAST Act will invest resources …
CHF-CEF-CIAW 302b Letter
November 4, 2011 Dear Chairmen and Ranking Members: The Campaign to Invest in America’s Workforce, the Coalition for Health Funding and the Committee for Education Funding, representing the workforce investment, health and education communities, are jointly writing to urge you to recognize health, education, job training, children’s and social services programs as critical national priorities …
Joint Committee
October 20, 2011 The Honorable Patty Murray The Honorable Jeb Hensarling Co-Chairs Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Congress of the United States Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Senator Murray and Representative Hensarling: The Committee for Education Funding (CEF), a coalition of 90 education associations and institutions from preschool to postgraduate education, is writing to express …
S 1723 Letter
October 18, 2011 Dear Senator: The Committee for Education Funding (CEF), a coalition of 90 education associations and institutions from preschool to postgraduate education, is writing to express our strong support for S. 1723, The Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act. This bill would provide $30 billion to create or save almost 400,000 …
