Recognizing the roles and the contributions of Americas Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their critical role in providing quality health care for the public and the Nation's Armed Forces for more than 150 years and through multiple public health emergencies and beyond.

CRNAs are essential to America's health care system. This resolution recognizes and thanks Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists for more than 150 years of service, notes they safely administer more than 58 million anesthetics each year, highlights their leading role in rural, military, and VA settings, and designates January 19–25, 2025 as National CRNA Week to raise public awareness of roughly 65,000 CRNAs and student CRNAs.