This chapter presents the address of Steven C. LaTourette, a former member of the U.S. Congress and co- chair of the Nursing Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. He addresses the role nurses can and should provide in shaping national policy. The nursing profession must engage a more signifcant percentage of its constituents to be influential. For the last several sessions of the Congress, LaTourette have had the pleasure of being the Republican co-chair of the Nursing Caucus in the House of Representatives. Congress had earlier adopted locality pay schedules for Veterans Administration (VA) nurses that were designed to increase nursing salaries: a noble goal since a large number of VA nurses were, at the time, on average 55 years of age and women. The staff can also be a resource for how the Congress works and assists you in going from great idea to great law.