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Letters

LWVUS Urges Congress to Reject Appropriations Riders Restricting Reproductive or Gender-affirming Health Care (Legal Document)

The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to reject any appropriations bills that contained riders restricting access to essential health care including abortion, contraception, and gender-affirming care.

LWVUS Submits Comments on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementation (Legal Document)

The League submitted comments to the Council on Environmental Quality regarding its proposed revisions to its regulations for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The League advised on modifications to the proposed revisions to ensure that they achieve: consideration of climate change and environmental justice and their effects; full and fair public involvement; and better decision-making.

League Urges Congress to Preserve funding for elections (Legal Document)

The League joined over 100 coalition partners on a letter calling on Congress to preserve $755 million currently allocated for Election Security Grants in the Senate FY24 Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill.

LWVUS Joins Sign-on Letter Urging Congress to Fully Fund WIC (Legal Document)

The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging the congressional appropriations committees to allot sufficient funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in a Continuing Resolution and FY24 Appropriations.

LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress to Support SNAP for College Students (Legal Document)

The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to support the Enhance Access to SNAP Act. This bill would remove the requirement that college students with low incomes must perform 20 hours of employment or work-study to be eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

LWV Urges Congress to Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Legal Document)

It is time to pass HR14, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, to ensure the freedom to vote for all Americans, no matter the color of their skin, political party affiliation, or zip code.

LWVUS Joins Letter in Opposition to Reducing Scale of Census Survey (Legal Document)

The League joined 34 other organizations in urging the Census Bureau to reconsider its recommendation to reduce the sample size used in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).

LWVUS Joins Comments on Nondiscrimination Protections in HHS Grant-Funded Services (Legal Document)

The League of Women Voters of the United States signed onto comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding its proposed updates to nondiscrimination protections in HHS grant-funded services.

LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress to Protect Water-Related State Revolving Funds (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined a letter to Congress urging that they protect the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) -the primary federal support for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure- from being diverted to earmarks in the FY2024 appropriations process. This diversion would reduce the total state revolving funds and grant money for territories and tribes; shield funded projects from statutory oversight and transparency requirements; and diminish future funds.

LWVUS Urges Congress to Support the Children’s Fundamental Rights and Climate Recovery Resolution (Legal Document)

LWVUS sent a memo to members of Congress urging them to support S. Con. Res. 13/H. Con. Res. 56. This concurrent resolution recognizes the disproportionate impact of the human-caused climate crisis on the health, economic opportunities, and fundamental rights of children in the US and acknowledges the need for the executive branch to develop a national, comprehensive, science-based, and just climate recovery plan.