Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, a former nurse, joined other members of the American Nurses Association at the White House today, where President Barack Obama gave a Rose Garden speech on health care.  In the speech, President Obama emphasized the important role nurses play in the delivery of quality health care.

“I was honored to join President Obama today at the White House,” Congresswoman Johnson said.  “The President is making a serious effort to include all voices in our national dialogue about health care reform.  I look forward to working with him and with my colleagues in Congress in improving our nation’s health care system.”

Congresswoman Johnson served as the chief psychiatric nurse at the VA Medical Center in Dallas and was the first nurse elected to Congress.

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.