; Whereas Mary Eliza Mahoney was inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame in 1976; Whereas Mary Eliza Mahoney advanced the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice and confronting issues affecting professional nurses, such as the shortage of nurses; Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic worsened working conditions for nurses, and Forbes estimated in 2022 that 47 percent of health care workers left or are considering leaving the profession; Whereas, today only 6.3 percent of the registered nurse workforce identify as Black out of the 4,300,000 registered nurses in the country, despite research proving Black nurses are critical for providing Black communities better health care; and Whereas nursing is a critical investment to the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective patient care, and the Nation should invest in and value nursing care: Now, therefore, be it