Advocacy Communications Archive

  • Priorities for the 2018 Water Resources Development Act

    Letter (from the National Governors Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities and United States Conference of Mayors) to House Transportation and ...

  • Testimony – FEMA Grant Funding

    Written testimony by Governor Sandoval and Governor Bullock on behalf of NGA to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on the importance of FEMA grant programs for state preparedness.   The ...

  • Advanced Refunding

    Letter from NGA and the Public Finance Network membership, requesting Representatives co-sponsor H.R. 5003, a bipartisan bill to restore the authority for state and local governments to advance refund municipal bonds.

  • FirstNet Appointments

    Letter (from Governor Sandoval and Governor Bullock) to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and CEO of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Michael Poth regarding FirstNet board and committee appointments.

  • FAA Reauthorization

    Letter to Speaker Ryan, Minority Leader Pelosi, Chairman Shuster, and Ranking Member DeFazio from the National Governors Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, National Association of Counties, National ...

  • Competency Based Higher Education

    The Honorable Betsy DeVos Secretary of Education U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202 Dear Secretary DeVos, On behalf of the nation’s governors, we write to encourage the U.S. ...