Statements and letters regarding plant science policy:

• ASPB spearheads a letter from the AFRI Coalition to the President and congressional leaders to address sequestration (December 2012) 

• ASPB signs onto AAAS spearheaded, multi-organization letter on the importance of federal research and development (R&D) and the impact of the sequester on the future of the U.S. research enterprise (December 2012)
  

• ASPB partners with American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), and the National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) on a letter pressing Congress to avoid sequestration (November 2012) 

• ASPB joins nearly 3000 organizations by signing a letter urging Congress to avoid sequestration (July 2012)

• ASPB signs letter urging the House Committee on Agriculture to include a Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research in its version of the 2012 Farm Bill (June 2012)

• ASPB signs onto letter to the President in support of agricultural innovation and biotechnology (June 2012)
  

• ASPB joins 50 scientific professional societies in opposition to amendments restricting federal travel to meetings and conferences (May 2012)
  

• ASPB submits written outside witness testimony in support of USDA funding to House and Senate Agriculture subcommittees (March 2012)  

• ASPB submits written outside witness testimony in support of NSF funding to House and Senate CJS subcommittees (March 2012)

• ASPB submits written outside witness testimony in support of DOE funding to House and Senate Energy and Water subcommittees (March 2012)

• ASPB submits written outside witness testimony in support of NIH funding to House and Senate LHHS subcommittees (April 2012)

• ASPB offers public comment at PCAST meeting in support of plant biology research (March 2012)

• ASPB joins more than 900 signatories on a letter to House and Senate Agriculture Subcommittees in support of USDA's Research, Education and Economics Mission (March 2012)

• ASPB submits written comments to NIFA following the AFRI Stakeholder Listening Session (February 2012).
  

• ASPB joins 86 organizations on a letter to House and Senate Agriculture Committee leadership in support of completing the Farm Bill in 2012 (February 2012)

• ASPB signs on to letter from the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) to House Leadership to remove damaging provisions from the GRANT Act (February 2012)
  

• ASPB signs on to AFRI Coalition letter to Agriculture Appropriations Conference Committee on FY2012 appropriations for AFRI (November 2011)

• ASPB joins AAAS and 70 other scientific societies on letter to Congressional Deficit Reduction Committee to spare science R&D (November 2011)

• ASPB joins with 1,200 other signatories on letter to Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction in support of research funding for food and agriculture (October 2011)

• ASPB signs on to Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research letter on FY2012 funding for National Institutes of Health (August 2011)

• Coalition for National Science Funding statement on FY2012 funding for National Science Foundation (July 2011)

• ASPB signs on to Energy Sciences Coalition letter on DOE Office of Science funding for FY2012 (May 2011)

• ASPB Testimony on Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations (posted May 2011)
  • Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (in support of the Department of Agriculture): House, Senate
  • Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (in support of the National Science Foundation): House, Senate
  • Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development (in support of the Department of Energy's Office of Science): House, Senate

  • Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (in support of the National Institutes of Health): House, Senate

• ASPB signs on to AFRI Coalition letter on AFRI funding for FY2011 (March 2011)

• ASPB signs on to National C-FAR letter on USDA research funding for FY2011 (March 2011)

• ASPB signs on to AFRI Coalition letter to House to retain funding for AFRI in FY2011 Continuing Resolution (February 2011)

• ASPB signs on to Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research letter on NIH funding for FY2011 (January 2011)

• ASPB offers comments to President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology (January 2011)

• ASPB signs on to AFRI Coalition letter to Senate on FY2011 AFRI Appropriations (December 2010)

• ASPB signs on to AFRI Coalition letter to OMB on support for Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (November 2010)

• ASPB signs on to Coalition for National Science Funding letter on support for NSF basic research (November 2010)

• ASPB signs on to Energy Sciences Coalition letter supporting funding for DOE Office of Science (November 2010)

• ASPB signs on to Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research letter on NIH funding (November 2010)

• ASPB endorses Task Force on American Innovation letter urging passages of reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act (November 2010)

• ASPB Receives Response to Letter Regarding NIFA's First RFA Under AFRI

• Report on Plants and Pest Biology Stakeholders' Workshop