,,iv  #aah? ,,congress  #b;d ,session   
,h4 ,,res4 #aeci  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(    
,,repres5tatives  ,octob] #h1 #bjbd,mrs4
 ,watson ,coleman 7= h]self1 ,mrs4      
,h9son1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mrs4             
,*]filus-,mc,cormick1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,ms4 
,crockett1 ,mr4 ,johnson ( ,georgia1    
,mr4 ,c>son1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,davis ( 
,ill9ois1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,smi? (  
,wa%+ton1 & ,ms4 ,kelly ( ,ill9ois7     
submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,en]gy &      
,comm]ce  ,,resolution  ,recogniz+ !    
roles & ! contributions ( ,unit$ ,/ates 
c]tifi$ nurse-midwives & c]tifi$        
midwives 9 provid+ high-quality1        
evid5ce-bas$1 & co/-effective heal? c>e 
s]vices to wom5 & *ildbe>+ families4    
,:]eas c]tifi$ nurse-midwives 7,c,n,ms7 
& c]tifi$ midwives 7,c,ms7 are ess5tial 
to ! ,unit$ ,/ates mat]nal heal? c>e    
sy/em1 provid+ a wide range ( heal? c>e 
s]vices = wom5 & *ildbe>+ families1     
includ+ ! indep5d5t provision ( prim>y  
c>e1 gynecologic s]vices1 preconception 

c>e1 c>e dur+ pregnancy1 *ildbir? & !   
po/p>tum p]iod1 & c>e ( ! uncomplicat$  
newborn dur+ ! fir/ #bh days ( life2    
,:]eas ,c,n,ms & ,c,ms c>e = wom5       
?r\gh\t _! lifespan1 f adolesc5ce to    
po/m5opause1 & att5d approximately #aj  
p]c5t ( ! ,nation's bir?s annually &    
s]ve z frontl9e ess5tial heal? c>e      
provid]s2 ,:]eas midwif]y-l$ c>e is     
evid5ce-bas$ & has be5 %[n to r$uce     
mat]nal & neonatal mortality1 rates (   
/illbir?1 p]9eal trauma1 in/rum5tal     
bir?s1 intrap>tum analgesia use1 rates (
 sev]e blood loss1 pret]m bir?1 l[ bir? 
weight1 & neonatal hypo!rmia1 & has be5 
associat$ ) m effici5t use ( res\rces & 
improv$ outcomes includ+ increas$ rates 
( spontane\s labor1 vag9al bir?1 &      
brea/fe$+2 ,:]eas wom5 & *ildbe>+       
families :o receive midwif]y-l$ c>e h   
high] rates ( satisfaction1 pa9 relief 9
 labor1 & support$ mat]nal-newborn      
int]action2 ,:]eas ,c,n,ms & ,c,ms play 
an integral role 9 improv+ heal?        
outcomes 9 all communities2 ,:]eas      

midwif]y-l$ c>e is a significant s\rce (
 mat]nal heal? s]vices 9 rural1 und]s]v$
 & l[-res\rc$ & vuln]able communities1 &
 ,c,n,ms & ,c,ms att5d ov] #cj p]c5t (  
deliv]ies 9 rural hospitals2 ,:]eas     
,c,n,ms & ,c,ms provide c>e 9 e sett+ 9 
:i* mat]nal & wom5's heal? c>e s]vices  
are deliv]$1 includ+ hospitals1 private 
(fice practices1 public heal? dep>tm5ts1
 community heal? c5t]s1 rural heal?     
c5t]s1 ! ,arm$ ,=ces1 ! ,vet]ans ,heal? 
,adm9i/ration1 ! ,indian ,heal? ,s]vice1
 free/&+ bir? c5t]s1 & 9 ! home sett+2  
,:]eas1 s9ce #aihh1 ,national ,midwif]y 
,week has be5 celebrat$ dur+ ! la/ week 
( ,septemb] or ! fir/ week ( ,octob] 9  
ord] to raise public aw>5ess ( &        
celebrate ! ,nation's m ?an #ad1jjj     
c]tifi$ nurse-midwives1 c]tifi$         
midwives1 & /ud5t midwives2 & ,:]eas !  
celebration ( ,national ,midwif]y ,week 
#bjbd is ,octob] #f ?r\gh ,octob] #ab3  
,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t ! ,h\se (           
,repres5tatives--  7#a7 ackn[l$ges !    
celebration ( ,national ,midwif]y ,week2

  7#b7 recognizes ! roles & !           
contributions ( ,am]ica's c]tifi$       
nurse-midwives & c]tifi$ midwives 9     
provid+ high-quality1 evid5ce-bas$1 &   
co/-effective heal? c>e s]vices to wom5 
& *ildbe>+ families2  7#c7 ?anks &      
promotes ! pr(ession ( midwif]y z       
practic$ by c]tifi$ nurse-midwives &    
c]tifi$ midwives2 &  7#d7 enc\rages     
consum]s1 hospital adm9i/rators1 heal?  
c>e pr(essionals1 heal? educators1      
policymak]s1 & o!rs to become m famili> 
) ! c]tifi$ nurse-midwife & c]tifi$     
midwife cr$5tial & ! exceptional p :o h 
e>n$ x & are curr5tly /udy+ to e>n x by 
p>ticipat+ 9 ,national ,midwif]y ,week4