Congressional District Health Dashboard Unveiled

March 23, 2023

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and NYU Langone Health, in cooperation with co-Chairs of the Congressional Public Health Caucus, Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL), hosted a webinar on the Congressional District Health Dashboard, a new website that provides unbiased data and interactive features on 36 key measures and drivers of health for every congressional district. 

The Dashboard includes metrics on health outcomes,

Outlook for Science in the 118^th Congress

January 13, 2023

Speakership

After a historic number of attempts (15!) and considerable drama, on January 7th, House Republicans elected Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to be Speaker of the House. Speaker McCarthy made a long list of concessions in order to get the votes he needed, including an agreement to cap future budgets at FY22 levels, addressing the debt ceiling (we could hit in July), promises on committee assignments, open amendments, reinstatement of Holman’s rule, and a process

White House Announces Alliance to Advance STEMM Equity

January 13, 2023

At a stakeholder summit on December 12, the White House launched the STEMM Opportunity Alliance, a consortium of almost 100 institutions that will work to address barriers and promote equitable participation in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM).

The initiative will coordinate over $1 billion of promised public and private spending, focusing on five “equity and excellence” action areas: promoting science literacy and

Fiscal Year 23 Budget Includes Increases for Science

January 13, 2023

FABBS commends the House and Senate for coming together and passing the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. The overdue omnibus provides 10.3 percent increase in R&D funding over FY 2022 including for federal agencies supporting behavioral and brain sciences: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). The President signed the omnibus