Political Quotes

“I include in the Record a letter of support from AFT, which is a union that represents hundreds of thousands of frontline workers, including nurses, across the country in support of H.R. 1195. AFT, March 23, 2021. House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor, Washington, DC. Dear Representative: On behalf of the 1.7 million members of the American Federation of Teachers, including nearly 200,000 healthcare professionals, I thank Chairman Bobby Scott for bringing H.R.1195, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, before the committee, and I urge you to vote in support of Congressman Joe Courtney's crucial legislation. This bipartisan bill is straightforward and needed, requiring employers to develop violence prevention plans and establishing whistleblower protections so that healthcare and social service workers don't fear retaliation for speaking out against what they see in the workplace. This is not an abstract issue for me. I hear from AFT healthcare members about violence all the time: a nurse choked to the point of unconsciousness, a nurse stabbed, members who have suffered bone fractures and brain injuries from being thrown against walls and floors.…”