Letters & Testimony
The ABA frequently corresponds with Members of Congress, the Executive Branch and other governmental bodies and testifies before Congress on matters of importance to the administration of justice and the legal profession.
119th Congress
5/8/2025
Education Secretary Linda McMahon
Opposition to Proposed PSLF Changes 2025
118th Congress
11/20/2024
Senate Appropriations Committee
LSC Senate Supplemental Request 2024
11/20/2024
House Appropriations Committee
LSC House Supplemental Request 2024
05/2024
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Senate Written Testimony on FY25 LSC Funding
05/2024
House Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA House Written Testimony on FY25 LSC Funding
05/12/2023
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Senate Written Testimony on FY24 LSC Funding
04/14/2023
House Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA House Written Testimony on FY24 LSC Funding
117th Congress
10/24/2022
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Letter Supporting LSC Supplemental Funding
10/24/2022
House Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Letter Supporting LSC Supplemental Funding
05/06/2022
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Testimony on LSC Funding
04/28/2022
House Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Testimony on LSC Funding
6/8/2021
Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA)
ABA Letter Supporting Student Loan Debt Relief
4/28/2021
House Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Testimony on LSC Funding
4/28/2021
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Testimony on LSC Funding
2/4/2021
ABA Urges Congressional Leadership to Support Supplemental LSC Funding
116th Congress
11/16/20
House and Senate Appropriations Committee Leadership
ABA Letter to House and Senate Urging Congress to Support Additional Emergency Student Loan Debt Relief
9/8/20
Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee and the House Transportation & Infrastructure CommitteeABA Letter to FEMA to Implement the Disaster Legal Services (DLS) Program
4/9/20
House and Senate Appropriations Committees
ABA Thanks Congress for Emergency LSC Funding, Requests Additional LSC Funding to Address COVID-19 Pandemic
3/19/20
House and Senate Appropriations Committees
ABA Urges Congress to Include Supplemental Emergency LSC Funding in Stimulus Bill
4/9/19
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Testifies in Support of LSC funding
4/4/19
House Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Testifies in Support of LSC funding
4/3/19
Senate HELP Committee
ABA Letter regarding LSC Board Nominees
115th Congress
9/18/18
House POWER Act Cosponsors
ABA Applauds Passage of POWER Act
9/18/18
Senate POWER Act Cosponsors
ABA Applauds Passage of POWER Act
9/11/18
Senate HELP Committee
ABA Letter regarding LSC Board Nominees
6/12/18
House
ABA Letter in Opposition to H.R. 4508, the PROSPER Act
5/23/18
Senate Appropriations Committee
ABA Testifies in Support of LSC Funding
4/27/18
House Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Testifies in Support of LSC funding
3/12/18
Attorney General Jeff Sessions
ABA Supports Preserving Access to Justice Mission at Department of Justice
2/23/18
Senate HELP Committee
ABA Letter on Higher Education Policy
7/20/17
House Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Letter Thanking Chairmain Culberson for Comments on LSC During Full Committee Markup on CJS FY2018
5/12/17
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Testifies in Support of LSC Funding
4/27/17
House Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Testifies in Support of LSC Funding
114th Congress
8/5/16
Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo
ABA Urges Governor of New York to Sign Public Defense Funding Legislation
3/23/16
House Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA testimony on LSC funding
3/23/16
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA testimony on LSC funding
4/14/15
House Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA testimony on LSC funding
3/27/15
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA testimony on LSC funding