WHEREAS, more than 30 million children receive emergency medical care each year due to illness or injury; and

WHEREAS, emergency medical services are a vital public service to the people and community of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and

WHEREAS, the rich and diverse cultural heritage of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is represented by a vast number of archaeological and historical sites, historic buildings, and landscapes that have been discovered and recorded through the CNMI, and;