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This week, �������� (AHA) Congressional leaders of the Association’s support for legislation to ease hospital staff shortages. The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (/), which ��������also supports, is a bipartisan effort to expedite the visa authorization process for qualified international nurses to support hospitals facing staffing shortages. “Ensuring an adequate supply of physicians and nurses during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is paramount,” AHA said in a letter to the bill’s House and Senate sponsors. Last year, ��������and AHA Congress to include the act in COVID-19 relief legislation. (AHA , 5/5/21)