Patty Murray actually said...

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.

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

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

One of the challenges we're hearing about is the training of the nurses with the use of all that kind of equipment.