[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11335]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING TEXAS NURSES ASSOCIATION

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                           HON. HENRY CUELLAR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 30, 2009

  Mr. CUELLAR. Madam Speaker:
  Whereas, The nearly 2.9 million registered nurses in the United 
States comprise our nation's largest health care profession; and
  Whereas, A renewed emphasis on primary and preventive health care 
will require the better utilization of all of our nation's registered 
nursing resources; and
  Whereas, Texas Nurses Association has had a mission to advance 
nursing through leadership, advocacy and innovation; and
  Whereas, Texas Nurses Association was founded on February 22, 1907 in 
Fort Worth, Texas with a group of 19 nurses as the Texas Graduate 
Nurses' Association and is the oldest professional nursing association 
in Texas; and
  Whereas, Texas Nurses Association has advocated to improve the 
practice and perception of nursing and to ensure quality care for all 
Texans; and
  Whereas, The demand for registered nursing services will be greater 
than ever because of the aging of the American population, the 
continuing expansion of life-sustaining technology, and the explosive 
growth of home health care services; and
  Whereas, Texas Nurses Association has been successful promoting the 
growth of the nursing practice by getting the Nursing Shortage 
Reduction Act of 2001 to increase nursing school enrollments; and
  Whereas, That more qualified registered nurses will be needed in the 
future to meet the increasingly complex needs of health care consumers 
in this community; and
  Whereas, Texas Nurses Association in 2007 celebrated 100 years of 
advocating for professional nursing in Texas; and
  Whereas, Along with the American Nurses Association, the Texas Nurses 
Association has declared the week of May 6-12 as NATIONAL NURSES WEEK 
with the theme `Nurses: Building a Healthy America' in celebration of 
the ways in which registered nurses strive to provide safe and high 
quality patient care and map out the way to improve our health care 
system; therefore
  Be it hereby Resolved, That Congressman Henry Cuellar, in 
representing the 28th Congressional District of the State of Texas, 
honors the Texas Nurses Association.

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