[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5664-5665]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          NATIONAL NURSES WEEK

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, this week is National Nurses Week. It is 
an opportunity to honor the 3.1 million registered nurses who are 
primary providers of hospital patient care.
  Right now at hospitals and health centers across America, nurses are 
offering essential, lifesaving treatment for patients. Every day nurses 
encounter and overcome challenges that most of us will never face. 
Honoring the work of nurses is especially important for me on a 
personal level as my grandmother, Lucy Cicilline, was a proud nurse at 
Saint Joseph's Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, for many years.
  Let's honor the work of nurses by passing H.R. 2083, the bipartisan 
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act, which is a bill that I am proud to 
cosponsor that will require hospitals to create staffing plans for 
nurses, establish new whistleblower protections, improve nurse 
retention, and make hospitals safer both for nurses and their patients.

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  I am honored to recognize National Nurses Week, and I thank all of 
America's great nurses for all that they do.

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