; Whereas Black, indigenous, and people of color CNMs and CMs play an integral role in improving health outcomes for women, pregnant people, and newborns in their communities; Whereas midwifery is a significant source of maternal health services in rural, underserved, and low-resource urban areas, and CNMs and CMs attend over 30 percent of deliveries in rural hospitals; Whereas CNMs and CMs provide care in every setting in which sexual and reproductive health care services are delivered, including hospitals, private office practices, public health departments, community health centers, the Armed Forces, the Veterans Health Administration, the Indian Health Service, freestanding birth centers, and in the home setting; Whereas 2020 has been designated by the World Health Organization as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife; Whereas, in 1982, Congress passed a resolution designating April 19 through 26 as the first National Nurse-Midwifery Week, and the week continued to be observed in April until 1986 when the observance moved to November 2 through 8; Whereas, since 1988, National Midwifery Week has been celebrated during the last week of September or the first week of October in order to raise public awareness of and celebrate the Nation’s 13,000 certified nurse-midwives, certified midwives, and student midwives; and Whereas the celebration of National Midwifery Week 2020 is October 4 through October 10: Now, therefore, be it