Sen. Cramer, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Resolution to Celebrate National Nurses Week

Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND)

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and David Joyce (R-OH) in introducing a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing National Nurses Week. The resolution honors and celebrates the important contributions of America’s nurses to patients across the country each and every day. It also emphasizes the important role nurses play in treating patients during wartime, natural disasters, and public health emergencies – including the COVID-19 pandemic. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and David Joyce (R-OH) in introducing a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing National Nurses Week. The resolution honors and celebrates the important contributions of America’s nurses to patients across the country each and every day. It also emphasizes the important role nurses play in treating patients during wartime, natural disasters, and public health emergencies – including the COVID-19 pandemic.

“National Nurses Week is a time of year to reflect on the important contributions that nurses make to provide safe, high-quality health care. Nurses are the cornerstone of the public health infrastructure, promoting healthy lifestyles and educating communities on disease prevention and health promotion,” stated the resolution.

“Nurses touch the lives of the people of the United States through every stage of life. Be it resolved, the Senate recognizes the significant contributions of nurses to the health care system in the United States,” continued the resolution. 

In addition to Senators Cramer, Merkley, and Wicker the resolution is cosponsored by Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), John Boozman (R-AR), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Ben Lujan (D-NM), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Steven Daines (R-MT), Tina Smith (D-MN), John Hoeven (R-ND), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Thom Tillis (R-NC), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL).

Click here to read the resolution.