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ANA Testimony

Health Care Reform

• Democratic Steering and Policy Committee Forum on the Urgent Need for Health Care Reform [pdf]
  • 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 [pdf] - 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 [pdf]- 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 [pdf]
  • Workforce Issues in Health Care Reform: Assessing the Present and Preparing for the Future
    March 12, 2009

• Statement for the Senate Committee on Finance [pdf]
  • 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 [pdf] - 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

• Statement for the Senate Committee on Appropriations [pdf] - Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
  • FY 2010 Funding for Nursing Workforce Development Programs and the National Institute for Nursing Research
    May 12, 2009

• Statement for the House Committee on Appropriations [pdf] - Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
  • FY 2010 Funding for Nursing Workforce Development Programs and the National Institute for Nursing Research
    April 28, 2009

 Immigration

• Statement for the House Committee on the Judiciary [pdf] - 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 [pdf]
  • Testimony provided by Mary Jean Schumann, MSN, MBA, RN, CPNP
    Chief Programs Officer of the American Nurses Association
    March 20, 2009