Excerpt from "Family and Friends" campaign response from Senator Tom Harkin (IA)
Dear Victoria (and Steve):
Thank you for taking the time to contact my office regarding issues facing the Congress. I hope you will forgive this delay in my responding to your concerns. Things have been rather hectic here in Washington and I'm afraid I let my correspondence slip. Please allow me to address your concerns now.
I have long been a strong supporter of nurses and last year I co-sponsored S. 1399, the Department of Veterans Affairs Nurses Appreciation Act. It's important that nurses are fairly compensated for the critical role they play in the delivery of primary care service in Iowa and the rest of the country. I know that nurses are often the hardest working and most underappreciated members of our health care system.