果冻传媒's Latest Advocacy, Coalition, and Policy Efforts
June 23: 果冻传媒 signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) letter thanking Representatives Tim Walberg (R-MI-05) and Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) for introducing the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act (H.R.3170), and supporting its passage this Congress. This bipartisan bill would retire outdated barriers in the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) that limit the ability of nurse practitioners (NPs) to diagnose and oversee the care and treatment of federal employees who are injured or become ill in the course of their employment.
June 17: 果冻传媒 led a healthcare community sign on letter advocating for higher education provisions in the Senate budget reconciliation process. This includes preserving subsidized loans for undergraduates, retaining the Grad PLUS Program, increasing the proposed aggregate limit for unsubsidized federal loans, and preserving other federal loan programs.
June 10: 果冻传媒 signed onto a expressing strong concerns over HHS Secretary Kennedy’s decision to dismiss all members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
June 9: 果冻传媒 signed onto an American Council on Education amicus brief to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, in support of Harvard University’s motion for a summary judgement regarding a freeze in federal research funds.
June 9: 果冻传媒 signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) letter thanking Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) for introducing the bipartisan, bicameral Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R.2531/S.1232).
June 5: 果冻传媒 joined with a broad coalition of organizations urging the chairs of both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to reject the $18 billion in cuts to the National Institutes of Health proposed in the President's budget and work with the Administration on a different path forward.
June 4: 果冻传媒 submitted written testimony for the record to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS-ED) requesting at least $530 million for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and at least $210 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. 果冻传媒 also signed onto Nursing Community Coalition written testimony for the record to the Senate LHHS-ED Subcommittee making the same request.
May 30: 果冻传媒 signed on to an American Council on Education letter with other leading higher education associations urging the State Department to make any pause on student visa processing as short as possible and use all available tools to cut wait times and streamline the process for student visa applicants.