LWVUS Joins Call to Protect Air Quality (Legal Document) 7/18/2023 LWVUS joined 60 partnering organizations in a letter to members of Congress in opposition to S.J. Res 31/H.J. Res 69. This resolution would roll back EPA's Good Neighbor Plan.
LWVUS joins a letter in support of the Office of Congressional Ethics (Legal Document) 6/12/2023 LWVUS joined a letter to the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee in support of the Office of Congressional Ethics.
LWVUS Comments on OMB Race and Ethnicity Data Standards (Legal Document) 4/27/2023 The League submitted comments to the Management and Budget Office (OMB) regarding its proposed updates to the federal government’s race and ethnicity data collection standards. The outcome of this…
LWVUS Sends Letter to Congress About Priorities for the 118th Congress (Legal Document) 4/18/2023 LWVUS reached out to members of Congress to outline its priority issues for the 118th Congress and urged Congress to implement necessary reforms like restoring the Voting Rights Act, regulating money…
LWVUS Joins Sign-on Letter Urging Congress to Support Environmental Investments in the 2023 Farm Bill (Legal Document) 2/28/2023 LWVUS joined nearly 650 other groups on a letter to House and Senate agriculture committee leadership urging that they protect investments in climate-smart agriculture and conservation in the 2023…
LWVUS Urges the EPA to Help Reduce Methane Pollution (Legal Document) 2/13/2023 LWVUS urges the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take additional measures to reduce methane air pollution from the oil and gas industry.
LWVUS Submits Comments to HHS on Healthy People 2030 Objectives (Legal Document) 12/2/2022 LWVUS submitted public comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the proposed Healthy People 2030 objectives. The League articulated why the objective to increase the…
LWVUS Joins Call to Protect Old Growth Forests (Legal Document) 8/30/2022 LWVUS sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and Interior Secretary Haaland to comment on oldgrowth trees and forests should be defined/managed to provide the greatest climate benefits
LWVUS Urges Congress to Support the National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act (NCARS) (Legal Document) 8/2/2022 The League signed onto a letter to select legislators urging them to support the National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act (NCARS; S. 3531).
LWVUS supports Youth Voting Rights Act (Legal Document) 7/26/2022 The League sent a letter to the US Senate urging them to pass the Youth Voting Rights Act as a measure to support eligible young voters’ access to the ballot.