NLN Testimony, Statements and Letters to Federal Decision Makers

Below are NLN letters and statements aimed at federal decision makers on issues of concern to the NLN and its membership.

Health Care Reform

• Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans - 5/22/09 (PDF)
• Letter to the Senate Committee on Finance commenting on “Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs.” - 5/15/09 (PDF)
• Letter from the Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions (FASHP) to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions regarding health care reform - 3/27/09 (DOC)
• Testimony of the NLN to the Senate Committee on Finance on Workforce Issues in Health Care Reform: Assessing the Present and Preparing for the Future - 3/24/09 (PDF)

Nursing Faculty Shortage

• Tri-Council letter to the National Governors Association - 8/13/07 (PDF)
• Troops to Nurse Teachers Program, Amendment to H.R. 1585, the Defense Authorization bill - 7/9/07 (PDF)
• H.R. 2384, Nurse Faculty Higher Education Act - 5/10/07 (PDF)
• Dr. Beverly Malone's Testimony on FY 2008 Funding for Title VIII - Nursing Workforce Development Programs Health Resources and Services Administration
  • Written Testimony - 3/29/07 (PDF)
  • Oral Testimony - 3/29/07 (PDF)
• S.1575, the Nurse Faculty Education Act - 7/25/05 (PDF)

Nursing Research

• S. 3408, the Comparative Effectiveness Research Act of 2008 - 9/1008 (PDF)

Nursing Shortage

• Joint Statement from the Tri-Council for Nursing on Recent Registered Nurse Supply and Demand Projections - 7/13/10 (PDF)
• NLN Testimony on FY 2011 Appropriations for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs - 4/12/10 (PDF)
• ANSR Consensus Document, Assuring Quality Health Care for the United States: Building and Sustaining an Infrastructure of Qualified Nurses for the Nation - 3/10 (PDF)
• Letter to Senator Barbara Mikulski on Title VIII Reauthorization - 5/6/09 (PDF)
• Letter to President Bush on FY 2007 Funding for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs - 12/20/05 (PDF)