Letters & Testimony The Friends promote NICHD-funded research activities and advances by writing letters and submitting outside witness testimony to the House and Senate appropriations committees. Testimony Fiscal Year 2020 Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations TestimonyDownload Fiscal Year 2020 House and Senate Appropriations LetterDownload Fiscal Year 2020 House Labor-HHS Appropriations TestimonyDownload Fiscal Year 2019 Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations TestimonyDownload Fiscal Year 2018 House Labor-HHS Appropriations TestimonyDownload Letters Coalition of Coalitions Letter in Support of Raising the Budget Caps – May 17, 2019Download Thank You Letter to House Labor-HHS Chair Rosa DeLauro – May 21, 2019Download Friends of NICHD Zika Funding Letter – May 20, 2016Download