The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has joined other members of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research in signing a letter that urges Congress to restore funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to pre-sequestration levels. The letter, which will be sent to Members of Congress when they return to Washington after the mid-term elections, notes that the NIH budget has failed to keep pace with inflation for the past decade, declining by more than 22 percent since 2003 after adjusting for inflation. The AASM and other stakeholders are asking legislators to work in a bipartisan manner to pass final, omnibus spending legislation before the end of the calendar year.