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• ACP Joins Other Organizations In Urging Senate To Support A Higher Funding Level For NIH In The Final FY 2008 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill Letter To: U.S. Senate (18-Oct-07)
• ACP In A Joint Letter Urges Senators To Vote In Favor Of The FY 2008 Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill; Letter To: U.S. Senators (18-Oct-07)
• ACP Urges House Members to Vote in Favor of the FY 2008 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill. Letter To: Sign-On Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives (10-July-07)
• Joint Letter Urging At Least $14 Billion Be Allocated To The Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittees on Appropriations; Letters To: The Honorable David Obey, Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations and The Honorable Robert C. Byrd, Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations (04-May-07)
• Joint Letter Urging Increase Funding for Public Health Through the Function 550/Discretionary Budget Allocation in Fiscal Year 2008; Letter To: All Members of Congress (26-Feb-07)
• ACP, HPNEC Coalition Urges House and Senate Leadership to Restore Title VII Funding to 2005 Levels; Letter To: The Honorable David Obey, Chair, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives (12-Jan-07)
• ACP Supports the Provision of $7 Billion in Funding Over the President's FY 2007 Budget Request for Programs Under Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Bill Letters To: House and Senate Leadership and Appropriations Committee Leaders (11-Jan-07)
• ACP Supports the Need to Increase Funding for the Labor-HHS-Education Bill by $7 Billion Above the President's Budget; Letter To: U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Appropriations Chairman David Obey and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Appropriations Chairman Robert C. Byrd (03-Jan-07)
• ACP Supports Proposed Amendments to the Department of Defense Authorization Bill; Letter To: U.S. Senator John McCain (21-Sept-05)
• ACP strongly urges all Members of Congress to oppose any inflexible and arbitrary spending caps for Medicare, Medicaid and other vital health care programs, Letter to: The House of Representatives (14-June-04)

• ACP Urges Senate to pass S. 625, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Letter to: Senator Harry Reid (17-Sep-08)
• ACP thanks Senator Edward M. Kennedy for introducing S. 625, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Letter from: Jeffrey P. Harris, MD, FACP, president of ACP (17-Sep-08)
• Coalition Letters Urging Tobacco Tax to Offset State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Letters To: House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Finance Committee (22-May-07)
• ACP Urges CMS to Make a National Coverage Determination that Tobacco Cessation Counseling is a Covered Service Under Medicare, Sign on Letter to Marcel Salive, MD, Dir., Division of Medical and Surgical Services (23-July-04)
• Letter to Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission requesting the federal government require cigarette packages to carry prominent addiction warnings in addition to existing health warnings (July 14, 2004)
• ACP Urges Members of Congress to Cosponsor Legislation Giving the Food and Drug Administration Authority to Regulate Tobacco Products, Sign On Letter to All Members of Congress in Support of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, S. 2461/H.R. 4433 (14-July-04)
• ACP supports H.R. 4433, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Letter to: Congressman Thomas Allen (10-June-04)
• ACP supports S.2461, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Letter to: Senator Lamar Alexander (10-June-04)

• Statement of the ACP for the Record of the FDA's Public Hearing on Consumer-Directed Promotion of Regulated Medical Products (01-Nov-05)
• Statement of ACP to the Senate Special Committee on Aging for the Hearing on the Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs on Seniors' Health and Health Care Costs (29-Sept-05)

• Letter to HHS Secretary Thompson Urging the Federal Government to Ensure That an Adequate Supply of the Flu Vaccine is Reaching Internists and Other Primary Care Physicians (26-Oct-04)
• Statement of the American College of Physicians on the Shortage of Vaccines (26-Oct-04)

• Establishing Federal Guidelines Protecting Against Genetic Discrimination (March 2008)
• Supporting Research into the Therapeutic Role of Marijuana: An ACP Policy paper (Feb-2008)
• ACP Provides Written Testimony in Opposition to a New Behind-the-Counter (B-T-C) Medication Category Being Considered by the FDA; Letter To: Andrew von Eschenbach, MD, FDA Commissioner (15-Nov-2007)
• ACP Supports Passage of S.358, Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act (GINA); Letter To: Senators Snowe, Kennedy, Reid and Durbin (11-Oct-07)
• ACP Principles on Retail Health Clinics (January 2007)
• ACP Supports H.R. 2474, the "Living Organ Donor Tax Credit Act of 2005;" Letter To: The Honorable Joe Wilson, U.S. House of Representatives (27-Apr-06)
• The Evolving Role of the Internal Medicine Specialist (Adopted BoR, July 16, 2005)
• ACP Comments on Proposed NIH Public Access Policy (11-Nov-04)
• Letter to World Health Organization in support of "3 X 5" initiative to combat global HIV/AIDS epidemic (2-Nov-04)
• Thank you letter to Pfizer, Inc. responding to the company's vision for health care reform (30-Aug-04)
• Letter to FDA expressing concern about the safety and efficacy of certain herbal supplements that are known to have potential harmful side effects (9-Aug-04)
• ACP calls upon the President to order a formal review of U.S. interrogation practices around the world to ensure humane treatment of prisoners, consistent with human rights and international law, Letter to President Bush: 17-May-2004 , Letter: 23-October-2003
• ACP Supports S.874, the Sickle Cell Treatment Act of 2003; Letter To: The Honorable Jim Talent (09-Apr-04)
• ACP Supports H.R. 1736, the Sickle Cell Treatment Act of 2003; Letter To: The Honorable Danny Davis (09-Apr-04)
• ACP Comments on the FDA Draft Guidances for Industry on Improving Information About Medical Products and Health Conditions at 69 Fed. Reg. 6,308 Letter to: FDA Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305)(18-Feb-04)

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