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To Regarding
11/05/2012

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

Requesting The Department Of Education Notify Foster Youth Of Federal Funds Available To Them In Their Pursuit Of Higher Education

10/12/2012

Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jeffrey Zients

Requesting Support for USGS's Earthquake Hazard Program and Global Seismic Network in the FY 2014 Budget

10/11/2012

Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jeffrey Zients

Urging Director Zients to Support Science Research as a Priority in the FY 2014 Budget

10/04/2012

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Requesting Information From The State Department Regarding Possible Organ Transplant Abuses in China

10/01/2012

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano

Requesting Secretary Napolitano Provide Prosecutorial Discretion to Prevent Deportation and Separation of LGBT Immigrants and Their U.S. Citizen Partners and Spouses

09/27/2012

House and Senate Leadership

Requesting House and Senate Leadership Work Together to Prevent the Devastating Impact of the Sequester

09/26/2012

Energy Secretary Steven Chu

Requesting an Environmental Impact Statement Determining How Increased Liquefied Natural Gas Exports May Potentially Increase Environmental Risks in Communities Where Natural Gas is Extracted 

09/24/2012

Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee Chair Jean Picker Firstenberg

Requesting The United States Postal Service Issue A Stamp Honoring The Holiday Diwali

09/13/2012

Governor Brown

Encouraging Governor Brown to Sign The TRUST Act into Law

09/10/2012

Secretary Panetta, Director Clapper, and Acting Director Zients

Requesting a Report Regarding the Projected Costs of a Potential War with Iran

08/10/2012

Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Concerns with Critical Provision that will Affect Access to Family Planning Services for Medicaid Recipients

08/03/2012 Governor Brown

Urging the Governor to Maintain Full Work Hours for Federally-Funded Employees of California's Department of Social Services Disability Determination Services (SSDDS) and of the Employment Development Department (EDD)

08/03/2012 Secretary Chu

Supporting the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 

07/31/2012 President Obama 

Urging the President to Work with the African Union and United Nations to Convene a Meeting With the Heads of State of LRA-Affected Countries at the Upcoming U.N. General Assembly 

07/31/2012 Leader Pelosi and Whip Hoyer

Supporting the Passage of a Full, Five-Year Reauthorization of the Farm Bill

07/31/2012 Assistant Secretary Kerri-Ann Jones

Asking the State Department to Conduct a New Environmental Impace Statement For the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline

07/17/2012 Ambassador Rice 

Concerns Regarding the Ongoing Cholera Epidemic in Haiti 

07/13/2012 Secretary Clinton

Supporting the Enforcement of a Philippines Law that Would End the Illegal and Cruel Trade in Dog Meat

07/13/2012 President Kim 

Congratulating Dr. Kim on Becoming President of the World Bank 

07/11/2012 Secretary Salazar, Governor Brown, Acting Secretary Blank, and Secretary Laird

Responding to Dr. David Dunding's presentation, "Benefit Analysis of Bay Delta Conservation Plan (PDCP) Project Alternatives"

07/11/2012 Administrator Sunstein, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget

Commenting on the Implementation of the Toxic Subastances Control Act 

07/10/2012 Chairman Lucas and Ranking Memer Peterson

Expressing Strong Support for International Food Aid Programs in the 2012 Farm Bill

07/10/2012 Acting Administrator Tangherlini, Acting Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration

The Pending Fedreal Surplus Property Sale in the Bay Area 

07/02/2012 Senator Inouye and Senator Cochran

Urging the Senate Appropriations Committee to Restore Full Funding to the U.S. Census Bureau and Preserve the American Community Survey 

06/29/2012 Secretary Clinton and U.N. Ambassador Rice 

Detailing the Need For Stricter Controls on the Arms Trade 

06/28/2012 Patrick R. Donahoe, Postmaster General

Supporting a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp

06/26/2012 Secretary Clinton

Ongoing Violence Towards LGBT Individuals in Honduras 

06/22/2012 Secretary Salazar and Acting Secretary Blank

Concerns with the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)

06/21/2012 Attorney General Holder

Expressing Concerns about the Department of Justice's Decision to Discontinue Reimbursement Funding Withing the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP)

06/19/2012 Speaker Boehner, Leader Pelosi, Chairman McKeon, and Ranking Member Smith

Discriminatory Provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 

06/18/2012 The American Psychiatric Association 

Comments on Proposed DSM-5 Criteria for “Specific Learning Disorder”

06/18/2012 President Obama Ensuring Full Funding to Implement the New START Treaty 
06/15/2012 Chairman Lucas and Ranking Member Peterson  In Support of Protecting the Current Level of Fundng for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the 2012 Farm Bill 
06/14/2012S Senators Boxer and Inhofe and Congressmen Mica and Rahall, II Requesting Full Fudnding for the Highway Bridge Program 
06/12/2012 President Obama Expressing Concerns Regarding Drone Strikes Based on Inteligence Signatures
06/11/2012 Secretary Salazar Reclassifying Polar Bears Under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species to the More Protective Appendix I 

06/06/2012 Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice Concerns Regarding Improper Racial Profiling by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 
05/30/2012 Secretary Sebelius and Director Munoz  Commending the Appointment of Dr. Grant Colfax as the New Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy 
05/30/2012 Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director, CDC Expressing Concern Regarding the CDC's Plan to Reorganize the CDC's Individual Human Development and Disability Programs into a Centralized Health and Development for People with Disabilities Program 
05/25/2012 Attorney General Holder Expressing Concern Over the Creation of Anti-Immigrant, Vigilante Websites 
05/16/2012 President Obama Encouraging the President to Announce an Accelerated Transition of Security Responsibility to the Afghan Government 
05/03/2012 President Obama Expressing Concern that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement Could Weaken Buy America Provsions
05/03/2012 President Obama Urging the Development of a Comprehensive Strategy to Combat the Use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)
05/08/2012 Reps. Mica, Rahall, Upton, Waxman, Hastings, Markey, Hall, Johnson, and Camp The Harbon Maintenance Tax in the Transporatation Reauthorization Bill 
05/01/2012 Secretary Vilsack Urging the USDA to Require Contractors Doing Business with the Department to be in Compliance with All Labor Laws
04/27/2012 President Obama The Importance of Cooperation on Sudan and South Sudan Druing the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue 
04/26/2012 President Obama Expressing Concerns in Regards to Political Donations from Government Contractors
04/26/2012 Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi Supporting the Special Diabetes Program 
04/19/2012 Attorney General Holder Including Crimes Against Sikhs in the Hate-Crime Data-Collection of the FBI 
04/9/2012 Secretary Napolitano  Expressing Concern About the Signifigant Funding Reduction to the San Francisco Bay Area's FY2012 Urban Area Security Initiative (USAI) Grant 
03/30/2012 President Obama Expressing Concern for the Ongoing Human Calamity in Several Border Reqions of Sudan
03//28/2012 First Lady Michele Obama Inviting the First Lady to the K to College Kickoff Banquet in Berkeley, CA
03/27/2012 Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi Cuts to the United States Postal Service 
03/27/2012 Secretary Panetta Requesting Information on the Identification and Treatment of Service Members Suffering Mental Health Problems as a Result of Multiple Deployments
03/26/2012 Edward Demarco, Acting Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency Encouraging the Agency to not Impede Local Municipalities from Implementing the PACE Program 
03/22/2012 Michael Bloomber, Mayor, City of New York Expressing Concern over Potential Civil Rights Abuses by the New York Police Department 
03/22/2012 Attorney General Holder Expressing Support for the Department of Justice's Decision to Open an Investigation into the Death of Trayvon Martin
03/20/2012 Representatives Rogers, Dicks, Granger and Lowey In Support of Allocating Sufficient Funding for the Maternal and Children Health (MCH) and Nutrition Accounts
03/20/2012 Representatives Rogers, Dicks, and Young Requesting Reductions in the Nuclear Weapons Budget
03/20/2012 Representative Simpson Supporting the President's Funding Request for the National Endowment for the Humanities 
03/20/2012 Representatives Kingston and Farr

Supporting Funding for the Animal Welfare Act Under the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

03/20/2012 Representatives Rogers, Frelinghuysen, Dicks, and Visclosky

Requesting Reductions in the Funding of Nuclear Weapons Programs 

03/19/2012 Representatives Granger and Lowey

Urging the Adequate Funding of PEPFAR and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

03/19/2012 Representatives Simpson and Moran 

In Support of Funding the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program 

03/19/2012 Representatives Granger and Lowey

Supporting the President's Funding Request for the US Institute of Peace

03/16/2012 Representative Simpson

Supporting the President's Funding Request for the National Endowment for the Arts  

03/16/2012 Representatives Simpson and Moran

Supporting the President's Funding Request for the National Wildlife Refuge System 

03/16/2012 Representatives Simpson and Moran

In Support of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds

03/15/2012 Representatives Rehberg and DeLauro

In Support of Funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Service's Ofice Of Museum Services

03/15/2012 Representatives Granger and Lowey

In Support of Funding for International Basic Education in the State and Foriegn Operations Apporiations Bill  

03/13/2012 Representatives Ryan and Van Hollen 

In Support of Appropriating Proceeds from the Harbor Maintenance Tax Towards Maintenance Dredging of our Nation's Ports

03/12/2012 President Obama

Urging the President to Restore Critical Clean Water Act Provisions 

03/12/2012 Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration

Urging the FDA to Require the Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods

03/08/2012 The Secrataries of the Army, Navy, and Airforce

Supporting Efforts to Increase Diversity Within the Armed Forces

03/06/2012 Chief Justice John Roberts

Supporting Reform of the Ethics Rules of the Supreme Court 

03/05/2012 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission 

Urging the Commission to Immediately Enact Provisions to Eliminate Excessive Oil Speculation 

03/01/2012 President Obama

In Opposition to the Administration's Proposed Aviation User Fees 

03/01/2012 Speaker Boehner

Requesting the Republican Leadership to Repudiate Comments Made by Rush Limbaugh 

02/27/2012 Edward J. DeMarco, Acting Director, Federall Housing Finance Agency

Encouraging the Agency to Engage in Principal Forgiveness for those Struggling to Make their Mortgage Payments 

02/17/2012 President Obama

Expressing Support for the February 1st Announcement that U.S. Combat Operations in Afghanistan are to End in 2013

02/13/2012 Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe 

Requesting a Review of Pending Post Office Closures 

02/09/2012 Chairman Camp and Chairman Buacus

Spectrum Policy in the Payroll Tax Extenstion Legislation  

02/09/2012 House and Senate Leaders and Payroll Tax Cut Conference Chairs

Maintaining Current Levels of Unemployment Insurance for American Workers

02/02/2012 Secretary Clinton

Opposition to the Sale of Military Items to Bahrain

01/31/2012 Secretary Panetta

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Study Group 

01/27/2012

Chairman Mica and Ranking Member Rahall

Ensuring the Affordability of BART's Fleet Replacement Program 

01/25/2012

Attorney General Holder and Director Lu

Supporting the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act 

01/25/2012

Tim McCallion, President, West Coast Verizon

Concerns About the Possible Negative Effects of a Proposed Cell Tower in Hayward 

01/23/2012 Attorney General Holder and Director Kerlikoske 

In Support of Programs to Fight Crime and Combat Drug Trafficking in California 

01/19/2012 President Obama

Letter From the California Delegation Requesting a Meeting with the President to Address the Foreclosure Crisis

01/17/2012 President Obama

Urging the President to Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline

01/10/2012 President Obama

Encouraging the President to Immediatley Approve a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)

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