Barbara Mikulski actually said...

If we could expand the capacity of our schools of nursing, it would be a major step in increasing the nursing workforce.

I don't think you want to tag it to, in any way, payment.

Are we going to mandate medicine, which I don't believe Congress or any arm of it should, or any part of our government.

It was the goal of Senator Kennedy, when he established these working groups, to make sure there was quality.