Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE) recently announced their endorsement of Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) for re-election, citing his continued effort on behalf of improving health care, safer working conditions and bolstering wages and job training in the United States Senate.

          "In these truly difficult and uncertain economic times, we need a champion who has always stood with us, on the frontlines of healthcare, in our capacity as patient advocates, and in our needs as parents and wage-earners.  We know we can count on Senator Lautenberg -- he has always stood side-by-side with nurses and healthcare workers, and with our patients.  We are standing side-by-side with him in this election so that we can win real health care reform, as well as economic policies that protect working families, not bankers," said HPAE President Ann Twomey, whose Union represents 12,000 nurses and health care professionals across New Jersey.

          "I am proud to accept the Health Professionals and Allied Employees endorsement.  Whether fighting to make health care more affordable and accessible or preventing the Bush Administration from cutting health care for thousands of New Jersey children, HPAE members know that they have an ally in Frank Lautenberg in the United States Senate," said Sen. Lautenberg.

          HPAE is the largest union of Registered Nurses and health care professionals in New Jersey.