Political Quotes

“Just briefly, I agree with the gentleman from Maryland that the goal here should be what is best for Federal employees, who do critical work for our country, but I think also what we want is what is best for people who are protected by Social Security Disability Insurance, by the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, which are programs in which independent practice of nurse practitioners and physician assistants has been well established and, again, subject to scope of practice in the State where the patient resides. Again, this is just simply conforming Federal workers' compensation law with existing practice and a whole host of other Federal programs involving really important populations that all of us have a duty to protect. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Adams), a member of the Education and Labor Committee who does outstanding work on the Workforce Protections Subcommittee as its chair.”