We must expand the health care workforce.
Expand the health care workforce.
Occurrences
introduced the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Access Act, legislation to expand access to home and community-based care for older adults and people with disabilities while strengthening the caregiving workforce nationwide.
...introducing this legislation to strengthen our nation’s care infrastructure by expanding access to Medicaid home care, investing in the direct care workforce, and supporting family caregivers.
I believe that the first step is to provide education and training, including expansion of the National Health Service Corps, Graduate Medical Education funding, grants and loan assistance.
I am proud to introduce the EMPOWER for Health Act, which will reauthorize Title VII funding for key workforce training programs to help meet the healthcare needs of our entire population.
will strengthen our healthcare workforce
Ms. Schakowsky introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce ... Full Title To reauthorize programs related to health professions education, and for other purposes.
Ms. DeLauro (for herself, ... Ms. Schakowsky, ... ) introduced the following bill... To support States and high-need local educational agencies in increasing the number of mental health services providers in schools.
TITLE V--PERINATAL WORKFORCE Sec. 502. Grants to grow and diversify the perinatal workforce. Sec. 503. Grants to grow and diversify the nursing workforce in maternal and perinatal health.
Evidence
Timely access to quality care requires a dedicated and well-trained workforce. As a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, I am working hard to ensure that we meet that goal. ... I believe that the first step is to provide education and training, including expansion of the National Health Service Corps, Graduate Medical Education funding, grants and loan assistance.
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, I certainly urge all my colleagues to support the bill... The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.
Ms. Schakowsky introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. ... To reauthorize programs related to health professions education, and for other purposes.
Assessments
Schakowsky clearly advocated expanding the health care workforce and took concrete legislative steps, including introducing workforce-related legislation and pushing the EMPOWER for Health Act. But the evidence does not show the promised outcome was actually achieved as a federal result; it shows effort and passage in the House, not a completed expansion of the workforce. That fits a serious but ultimately unfulfilled promise.
The evidence shows Schakowsky advocated for expanding the health care workforce and made concrete legislative efforts, including moving the EMPOWER for Health Act in 2019 and introducing a 2025 bill to reauthorize health professions education programs. However, the record provided does not show enactment or a completed policy outcome that actually expanded the workforce. Under the instruction, serious legislative effort without delivery should be rated as never with an effort badge.