National Affairs Activities By Year 

2007

• December 11 Field Advocacy Workshop, University of Pacific, Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry
• June 4 Field Advocacy Workshop, Univerity of Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine
• House Energy and Commerce Committee Testimony on Access to Oral Health Care - Mosca
• FY 2008 Testimony for Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor/HHS/Education
• FY 2008 House Appropriations Testimony - Jim Swift
• 2007 AADR/ADEA National Advocacy Day
• February 8 Field Advocacy Workshop, University of Louisville, School of Dentistry
• February 2 Field Advocacy Workshop, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, School of Dental Medicine 

2006

• AADR, ADA and ADEA comment and describe concerns regarding HR 6I6H, The NIH Reform Act of 2006, to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
• AADR and ADEA testify before FDA panel on use of dental amalgam as a restorative material
• August 29 Field Advocacy Workshop, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Dentistry
• FY 2007 NIH Funding Testimony for Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor/HHS/Education
• FY2007 Appropriations Testimony - Rekow
• 2006 AADR/ADEA National Advocacy Day
• February 20 Field Advocacy Workshop, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine

2005

• AADR and ADEA Stress the Importance of a Distinct NIDCR to the House Energy & Commerce Committee
• FY2006 Appropriations Testimony - Alfano
• AADR, ADA and ADEA comment and describe concerns regarding NIH reauthorization draft legislation to the House Energy & Commerce Committee
• IADR and AADR joined 55 other leading medical and scientific nonprofit publishers in proposing to NIH Director Elias Zerhouni a public-private partnership to allow the NIH to bring research findings to the public efficiently.

2004

• FY2005 Appropriations Testimony
• Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill, 2005
• Collaboration with ADEA