Letters

Neurosurgery Joins Coalition Letter Requesting Funding for Firearms Violence Prevention Research

  • Emergency/Trauma Care and Stroke
  • The Honorable Patty Murray
    Chair
    Committee on Appropriations
    U.S. Senate
    Washington, DC 20510
  • The Honorable Susan Collins
    Vice Chair
    Committee on Appropriations
    U.S. Senate
    Washington, DC 20510
  • The Honorable Kay Granger
    Chair
    Committee on Appropriations
    U.S. House of Representatives
    Washington, DC 20515
  • The Honorable Rosa DeLauro
    Ranking Member
    Committee on Appropriations
    U.S. House of Representatives
    Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, Chair Granger, and Ranking Member DeLauro:

As you consider appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, the undersigned 408 national, state, and local medical, public health, and research organizations write to ask you to provide $35 million for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), $25 million for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and $1 million for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention. We also encourage Congress to explore opportunities for building out and further supporting this research at all other appropriate agencies, to ensure that federally funded research can explore the full scope of this public health issue. A rigorous 2021 report estimated that the federal government will need to spend approximately $100 million per year to fully fund a comprehensive research agenda on reducing gun violence.

Click here to read the full Neurosurgery Joins Coalition Letter Requesting Funding for Firearms Violence Prevention Research.