You know, I'm the former chairman of the Health Education Labor Committee, and I'll tell you, Theo, I have met with nurses all over this country. I love nurses. It's no great secret that our healthcare system is broken. Everybody knows that. And The people who are keeping [the healthcare system] going are, in fact, the nurses. You know, they're with you when babies are born, they're with you when you die, they're with you in between. They're at your bedside. They're the backbone of the healthcare system. (03:33–03:37)
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Asserts that nurses are the primary workforce maintaining the healthcare system.
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