Patty Murray actually said...

The Nation needs what has been started in Minnesota and a number of other States.

I remember doing that with my dad many times. Reaching into a car and trying to get him into a wheelchair was extremely difficult.

If we implemented a national lifting standard, what kind of reduction in injury rates to nurses and healthcare providers would we see?

It seems to me that we should be doing everything we can to keep the nurses we have safe, healthy and on the job, as a bare minimum.