Recent Letters & Statements
Letter on fiscal year 2023 labor, health and human services, and education (Labor-HHS) appropriations bill
May 13, 2022
The Honorable Patty Murray Chairman Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 …
Letter concerning the community services block grant modernization act (H.R. 5129)
May 13, 2022
U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Representative: We are writing on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic …
Joint letter to congress urging COVID-19 vaccination funding
May 12, 2022
May 10, 2022 Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McCarthy, Minority Leader McConnell, Chairwoman DeLauro, Chairman Leahy, Vice …
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Catholic Charities USA offers congress priorities for mental and behavioral health policy
May 10, 2022
The Honorable Frank Pallone Jr. Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee The Honorable Cathy McMorris-Rodgers Ranking Member, House Energy and …
CCUSA and USCCB express need for humanitarian assistance for migrants and refugees
May 5, 2022
Alexandria, Va. – As Congress considers the president’s Fiscal Year 2022 emergency supplemental funding request from April 28, 2022, Catholic …
CCUSA responds to administration’s decision to end Title 42
April 1, 2022
(Alexandria, Va.) – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) issued the following statement in response to the administration’s decision to end Title …
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Testimony for the US House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance
February 7, 2022
February 2, 2022 Housing America: Addressing Challenges in Serving People Experiencing Homelessness Sister Donna Markham OP, Ph.D. President and CEO, …
CCUSA submits congressional testimony on reducing homelessness
February 3, 2022
Sister Donna Markham, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), submitted testimony for the record to the U.S. House …
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Catholic Charities USA welcomes House vote in favor of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
November 5, 2021
Alexandria, Va. ― Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) welcomes the vote in favor of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act …
Joint letter urging robust funding in the annual LHHS appropriations bill
November 5, 2021
November 2, 2021 United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20015 Dear Senator, On behalf of Catholic Health Association and Catholic Charities …
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