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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 55 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 55

   Recognizing the roles and the contributions of Americas Certified 
   Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their critical role in 
  providing quality health care for the public and the Nation's Armed 
    Forces for more than 150 years, through multiple public health 
                        emergencies, and beyond.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2023

  Ms. Schakowsky (for herself, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Ms. Underwood, Mr. 
Bacon, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Omar, and Ms. Tokuda) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                         on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION

 
   Recognizing the roles and the contributions of Americas Certified 
   Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their critical role in 
  providing quality health care for the public and the Nation's Armed 
    Forces for more than 150 years, through multiple public health 
                        emergencies, and beyond.

Whereas Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are essential to 
        America's health care system, providing high-quality, cost-effective 
        anesthesia and pain management care;
Whereas nurse anesthetists were some of the first anesthesia providers ever and 
        have been providing care for more than 150 years;
Whereas CRNAs safely administer more than 50,000,000 anesthetics to patients 
        each year;
Whereas CRNAs are the primary providers of anesthesia care in rural America, 
        enabling health care facilities in these medically underserved areas to 
        offer obstetrical, surgical, trauma stabilization, and pain management 
        services for millions of underserved and at-risk people;
Whereas CRNAs practice in every setting in which anesthesia is delivered, 
        including traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery 
        rooms, the offices of dentists, podiatrists, ophthalmologists, and 
        plastic surgeons, ambulatory surgical centers, and United States 
        Military and Public Health Services and Department of Veterans Affairs 
        medical facilities;
Whereas CRNAs have served on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, using 
        their advanced skills in airway management, intubation, and ventilator 
        management to help the sickest COVID-19 patients, leaving the comfort of 
        their homes and families to travel to hospitals and facilities across 
        the country so they can assist where the need is greatest; and
Whereas the purpose of National CRNA Week, held January 23, 2023, through 
        January 28, 2023, is to raise public awareness of and celebrate the 
        Nation's 59,000 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and student 
        registered nurse anesthetists: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives thanks and promotes the 
profession of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their 
incredible, selfless, and dedicated service for over 150 years, by 
encouraging patients, hospital administrators, health care 
professionals, policymakers, and others to utilize CRNAs to their full 
potential and to recognize the work of CRNAs by participating in 
National CRNA Week.
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