ÃÜÌÒÊÓƵ's Latest Advocacy, Coalition, and Policy Efforts
June 10: ÃÜÌÒÊÓƵ signed on along with other national nursing organizations expressing strong concerns over HHS Secretary Kennedy’s decision to dismiss all members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
June 9: ÃÜÌÒÊÓƵ signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) letter thanking Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) for introducing the bipartisan, bicameral Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R.2531/S.1232).
June 5: ÃÜÌÒÊÓƵ joined with a broad coalition of organizations urging the chairs of both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to reject the $18 billion in cuts to the National Institutes of Health proposed in the President's budget and work with the Administration on a different path forward.
June 4: ÃÜÌÒÊÓƵ submitted written testimony for the record to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS-ED) requesting at least $530 million for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and at least $210 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. ÃÜÌÒÊÓƵ also signed onto Nursing Community Coalition written testimony for the record to the Senate LHHS-ED Subcommittee making the same request.
May 30: ÃÜÌÒÊÓƵ signed on to a letter with other leading higher education associations urging the State Department to make any pause on student visa processing as short as possible and use all available tools to cut wait times and streamline the process for student visa applicants.
May 28: ÃÜÌÒÊÓƵ signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) letter thanking the leaders of the House and Senate Nursing Caucuses for introducing a bipartisan and bicameral resolution, S.Res.206 and H.Res.389, which honors and recognizes May 6 through 12, 2025 as National Nurses Week.
May 27: ÃÜÌÒÊÓƵ signed onto an APRN Workgroup comment letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on how the FTC can reduce regulatory barriers that prevent APRNs from practicing to the full extent of their education and clinical training.