Whereas President Woodrow Wilson issued a Presidential proclamation on May 9, 1914, establishing the first national Mother’s Day holiday to celebrate America’s mothers; Whereas Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world, demonstrating the historical significance and universal respect for mothers and motherhood; Whereas, on Mother’s Day, families are blessed with the opportunity to celebrate their mothers, the sacrifices mothers make daily, and everything motherhood represents; Whereas mothers are responsible for raising the next generation and deserve to be celebrated for the special ability only they have to bring life into this world; Whereas mothers are both strong and nurturing, traits which are critical to the development of their progeny; Whereas mothers such as stepmothers, adopted mothers, and single mothers are also vital to the fabric of this Nation and the story of motherhood; Whereas the definition of mother has come under attack in recent years from various groups that seek to diminish the significance of motherhood; Whereas redefining motherhood attacks the fundamental truth of the human experience and ignores the intrinsic capability women have to become mothers; Whereas the terms birthing person , gestational parent , chest feeder , menstruating people , pregnant people , and people with a capacity for pregnancy , among others, diminish the significance of motherhood; Whereas the previous Congress incomprehensibly passed legislation that eliminated the term mother from the House Rules, tantamount to an attack on motherhood at the most fundamental level; Whereas the Biden administration’s continual use of the term pregnant people , instead of pregnant women , is an insult to motherhood; Whereas mothers are, by basic logic and commonsense definition, women; and Whereas, on Sunday, May 14, 2023, the United States will celebrate Mother’s Day, thus providing Americans the opportunity to express their love and reverence for the mothers of this Nation: Now, therefore, be it