ANA Congressional Testimony

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Clean Air Act

• Hearing on The Clean Air Act and Public Health
  Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
  Testimony provided by Sarah Bucic, RN, MSN
  Delaware Nurses Association
  June 15, 2011

Medicaid

• Informal Hearing on the Impact of Reduced Federal Medicaid Spending – Before Representatives Danny K. Davis (IL), Mike Quigley (IL), Bobby Rush (IL), Jan Schakowsky (IL)
  Testimony provided by Sharon Canariato MSN, MBA, RN
  Deputy Executive Director, Illinois Nurses Association
  June 9, 2011

Health Care Reform

• Democratic Steering and Policy Committee Forum on the Urgent Need for Health Care Reform
  Testimony provided by Mary A. Maryland, PhD, MSN, ANP, BC
  American Nurses Association Board of Directors
  September 15, 2009

• Hearing on Health Reform in the 21st Century: Proposals to Reform in the Health System -
  Committee on Energy and Commerce
  Testimony provided by Kathleen M. White, PhD, RN, CNAA, BC
  Chair of Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics
  June 25, 2009

• Hearing on Health Reform in the 21st Century: Proposals to Reform in the Health System-Committee on Ways and Means
  Testimony provided by Donna Policastro, RNP
  Executive Director, Rhode Island Nurses Association
  June 24, 2009

• Statement for the Senate Committee on Finance
  Workforce Issues in Health Care Reform: Assessing the Present and Preparing for the Future
  March 12, 2009

• Statement for the Senate Committee on Finance
  Health Care Reform: An Economic Perspective
  November 19, 2008

Clean Water Act

• The Clean Water Act after 37 Years: Recommitting to the Protection of the Nation's Waters
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  Testimony provided by Patricia Butterfield, PhD, RN
  Dean and Professor of Washington State University College of Nursing
  October 15, 2009

Title VIII Funding for Nursing Workforce Development Programs

Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13)

• New! Statement before the House Committee on Appropriations
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
  Testimony provided by American Nurses Association President Karen A. Daley, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
  March 29, 2012

Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12)

• Statement for the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
  April 15, 2011

Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11)

• Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Fiscal Year 2011 Public Witness Hearing
  Testimony provided by Debbie Hatmaker, PhD, RN-BC, SANE-A
  First Vice President, American Nurses Association Board of Directors
  May 12, 2010

• Statement for the Senate Committee on Appropriations  
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
  April 12, 2010

• Statement for the House Committee on Appropriations
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
  April 15, 2010

Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10)

• Statement for the Senate Committee on Appropriations
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
  May 12, 2009

• Statement for the House Committee on Appropriations
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
  April 28, 2009

Immigration

• Statement for the House Committee on the Judiciary
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law On Registered Nurse Immigration
  Testimony presented by Cheryl A. Peterson, MSN, RN for the American Nurses Association
  June 12, 2008

IOM

• Statement for the Institute of Medicine Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities Committee
  Testimony provided by Mary Jean Schumann, MSN, MBA, RN, CPNP
  Chief Programs Officer of the American Nurses Association
  March 20, 2009

Safe Patient Handling

• Statement for the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
  Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions
  Safe Patient Handling & Lifting Standards for a Safer American Workforce
  May 11, 2010

School Based Health Centers

• Statement for the House Energy & Commerce Committee March 8, 2011

Sustainable Growth Formula (SGR)

• ANA Sustainable Growth Formula (SGR) Proposal
  House Energy & Commerce House - Health Subcommittee
  July 30, 2013