Advocacy Communications Archive

  • Testimony – Welfare Reform Reauthorization

    Mr. Chairman, Senator Grassley, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the reauthorization of welfare reform. We are here today on behalf of the National Governors Association (NGA) ...

  • Testimony – Aging

    Chairman Breaux, Senator Craig, and members of the Special Committee on Aging, I thank you for inviting me to testify before your committee on the fiscal status of Medicaid and long-term health care financing. We are ...

  • Testimony – Justice Programs

    Thank you Mr. Chairman for this opportunity to testify this afternoon. First, let me say that I will not take a position on behalf of the National Governors Association (NGA) on any reorganization plan that has been prepared ...

  • Testimony – TEA 21

    Chairman Petri, Ranking Member Borski, and members of the Subcommittee, I thank you for inviting me to testify before your committee on the reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) as we ...

  • Testimony – TEA-21 Reauthorization

    Chairman Jeffords, Senator Smith, and members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee – it is my great pleasure to be with you today to offer my testimony as you begin to debate the reauthorization of the ...

  • Testimony – Long-Term Care

    Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, my name is Ray Scheppach, and I am the Executive Director of the National Governors Association. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today on behalf of the ...

  • Statement for the Record – Brownfields

    Thank you for the opportunity to submit tesimony for the record of this Subcommittee hearing on the subject of Brownfields legislation. The Governors believe that remediation of brownfields sites is critical to the ...

  • Testimony – Rural Development

    Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee. Thank you for inviting me here to testify. I am John Hoeven, Governor of the State of North Dakota, and I am here today representing the National Governors ...

  • Testimony – Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act

    Mr. Chairman, on behalf of America’s Governors, I am here to report that to my knowledge, there is no state or local government interested in imposing new access taxes to the Internet. What state and local governments ...

  • Testimony – Conservation Title of the Farm Bill

    This testimony is respectfully submitted on behalf of the National Governors Association (NGA) for inclusion as part of the record of the June 9, 2001 hearing before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, ...