NEW ACTION ALERTS: Prioritize Science Funding and Oppose the So-Called Equal Representation Act

Two new Action Alerts have been published in the COSSA Action Center:

Urge Congress to Prioritize Science Funding!

Over the past few months, Congressional appropriators have been drafting key legislation that will determine funding for federal science and statistical agencies for the next year. With the proposed massive budget and staffing cuts in the Presidential Budget Request, the stakes have never been higher. While Congress is likely to pass another year-long continuing resolution (CR), it is essential that our community fights for federal science funding and the scientific workforce. Now is the time to ACT! Write to your Members of Congress urging their support for research funding and to end the political interference into the federal scientific enterprise!

Write to Congress Today to Oppose the Equal Representation Act

Earlier this year, Representative Chuck Edwards (R-NC) introduced HR 151, the Equal Representation Act, which would require a citizenship question on the decennial census and exclude “people who are in our country illegally” from the count. The US House of Representatives is likely to vote on this Bill in Fall 2025. This act would be detrimental to the health and accuracy of decennial census data, which is used to determine apportionment as well as federal funding to communities, including funding for schools, hospitals, roads, etc. While the Constitution mandates that every person should be counted in the decennial census, President Trump recently called for a “new” census where “people who are in our country illegally” are not counted, prompting renewed interest in the Equal Representation Act. 

Write to your Members of Congress to express your opposition to HR 151, the Equal Representation Act, and call on lawmakers to protect the integrity of decennial census data.