Background
Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) and Congressman David Joyce (R-OH) have come together to chair the House Nursing Caucus for the 113th Congress. The Caucus provides an excellent, non-partisan forum for the discussion of issues that impact the nursing profession, and helps members of Congress who care about these issues to come together to address them. Additionally, the Nursing Caucus will allow members of Congress an open forum to address issues affecting the nursing community. It will also serve as a clearinghouse for information and a sounding board for ideas brought forth by the nursing community
Rationale
- The nursing profession is at a critical crossroads. Numbering more than 3.1 million, RNs are the largest healthcare workforce in America. Yet the supply of nurses is failing to meet our national need. The growing shortage of RNs is impacting the entire health care system, resulting in decreased patient care quality, and complicating efforts to prepare for natural disasters and acts of terrorism.
- The House Nursing Caucus will provide a forum to address issues such as the nursing shortage, burdensome tuition debt for nursing education, and patient safety issues.
- It will also provide Members an open forum to address issues affecting the nursing community. It also serves as a clearinghouse for information and a sounding board for ideas brought forth by the nursing community.
Members of the 113th Congressional Nursing Caucus:
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Rodney Alexander (R-LA)
Lou Barletta (R-PA)
Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
Diane Black (R-TN)
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam)
Bruce Braley (D-IA)
Lois Capps (D-CA)
Michael Capuano (D-MA)
Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
Andre Carson (D-IN)
Ben Chandler (D-KY)
Donna Christensen (D-VI)
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
Howard Coble (R-NC)
Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Joe Courtney (D-CT)
Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Susan Davis (D-CA)
Danny Davis (D-IL)
Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Mike Doyle (D-PA)
Renee Ellmers (R-NC)
Eliot Engel (D-NY)
Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
Randy Forbes (R-VA)
Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
Gene Green (D-TX)
Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
Richard Hannah (R-NY)
Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Henry Johnson (D-GA)
Dale Kildee (D-MI)
Jim Langevin (D-RI)
Tom Latham (R-IA)
John Lewis (D-GA)
Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ)
Dan Lipinski (D-IL)
David Loebsack (D-IA)
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Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Nita Lowey (D-NY)
Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
Jim Matheson (D-UT)
Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
Jim McDermott (D-WA)
Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA)
David McKinley (R-WV)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
Michael Michaud (D-ME)
Candice Miller (R-MI)
James Moran (D-VA)
Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
Richard Neal (D-MA)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Alan Nunnelee (R-MS)
Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
William Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ)
Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR)
David Price (D-NC)
Nick Rahall II (D-WV)
Charles Rangel (D-NY)
Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA)
Tim Ryan (D-OH)
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan
(D-Northern Mariana Islands)
Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)
Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)
Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Bill Shuster (R-PA)
Adam Smith (D-WA)
Christopher Smith (R-NJ)
Steve Stivers (R-OH)
Lee Terry (R-NE)
Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Patrick Tiberi (R-OH)
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Tim Walz (D-MN)
Henry Waxman (D-CA)
Peter Welch (D-VT)
Ed Whitfield (R-KY)
John Yarmuth (D-KY)
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