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Heard on the Hill

Over the years COSSA has presented testimony to various House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees are part of public record testimony. Through testimony, COSSA defends the social and behavioral sciences and justify increased funding for these disciplines based on the important results of past research and the challenging opportunities for new research. In recent years, the Subcommittees, for the most part have eliminated public witness testimony, but accepts written statements submitted for the record.

In addition, COSSA testifies before federal agency panels and National Academy of Sciences’ committees. COSSA also helps organize hearings in cooperation with congressional committees.

2012

Written Testimony for the Record on Behalf of the American Community Survey (ACS), Howard J. Silver, Executive Director, Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA), Joint Economic Committee, Hon. Bob Casey, Chair, and Hon. Kevin Brady, Vice Chair, June 19, 2012

2011

COSSA Testimony before the House Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee, House Appropriations Committee. Honorable Frank Wolf, Chairman. March 11, 2011

Statement by the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research on FY 2012 Appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services submitted for the record to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations United States House of Representatives, April 15, 2011

Testimony of the CDC Coalition Concerning the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Budget for Fiscal Year 2012 House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education, Submitted for the Record, April 15, 2011

Testimony of the Friends of NICHD, Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, April 15, 2011

Statement of the Coalition for the Advancement of Health Through Behavioral and Social Science Research (CAHT-BSSR) on FY 2012 Funding for the National Institutes of Health submitted for the record to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate, The Honorable Tom Harkin, Chairman, May 2, 2011

Joint Statement of Support for the NIH National Children's Study, May 23, 2011

 

2010

COSSA Testimony to House Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee & House Appropriations Committee

CAHT-BSSR's FY 2011 Testimony on behalf of the National Institutes of Health and OBSSR

COSSA Testimony on the Fiscal Year 2011 Agriculture Appropriations

COSSA and Community Respond to NAS "Framework for Science Standards

COSSA Comments on Science Framework Standard

COSSA Weighs in on PCAST's Discussion on STEM

COSSA Responds to Senator Coburn's Proposed Amendment to Eliminate Funding for the National Science Foundation’s Political Science Program

COSSA Transition Memorandum to President-Elect Barack Obama

COSSA Policy Recommendations to NIH Transition Team

2009

COSSA Submits Testimony to CJS Subcommittee

CAHT-BSSR's FY 2010 Testimony on behalf of the National Institutes of Health and OBSSR

2008

COSSA and C-Fare Submits Testimony to House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies

COSSA Submits Testimony to CJS Subcommittee

CAHT-BSSR submits FY 2009 Testimony on Behalf of NIH and OBSSR to the House Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee, March 31, 2008

2007

COSSA Submits Testimony to Labor, HHS and Education Committee

COSSA Presents Testimony to CJS Subcommittee

CAHT-BSSR Submits Testimony to the Senate on Behalf of the National Institutes of Health