Advocacy Communications Archive

  • Testimony – Highway and Transit Needs

    Good morning. Chairman Petri, Ranking Member Lipinski, and members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today as Chairman of the National Governors Association to discuss what I believe is ...

  • Statement for the Record – 2002 Farm Bill

    The purpose of this statement is to reflect the views of the National Governors Association on the Draft Farm Bill Concept Paper prepared by the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture. We respectfully request that ...

  • Testimony – Long-Term Care

    Thank you for inviting me today to speak on behalf of the National Governors Association. As this Committee well knows, the state Medicaid programs bear most costs of long term care for our seniors and adults with ...

  • Testimony – Homeland Security Funding

    Mr. Chairman, Senator Stevens, and members of the Committee: The nation’s Governors appreciate this opportunity to discuss the issue of homeland security. Since September 11, states have responded in every possible way ...

  • 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 ...

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