Abstract:
The 371 undersigned organizations – representing the full range of stakeholders supporting the
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies appropriations
bill (Labor-HHS) – thank you for increasing investments in these important programs for fiscal year
(FY) 2020 and urge you to significantly boost the FY 2021 allocations to address vital and on-going
needs. The programs and services funded by the Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee have a profound
impact on health and well-being, child development, educational and skills attainment, and productivity,
yet they have been shortchanged in the appropriations process over the last decade. The bill has lost
almost $16 billion in purchasing power over the last decade; it would take an allocation of $199 billion
just to return to the FY 2010 level in inflation-adjusted dollars.
