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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 73 

Expressing the sense of Congress that public health professionals should 

be commended for their dedication and service to the United States 

on Public Health Thank You Day, November 25, 2019. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 14, 2019 

Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. WITTMAN, and Mr. 

SIMPSON) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress that public health professionals should be commended for their dedication and 

service to the United States on Public Health Thank 

You Day, November 25, 2019. 

Whereas the health, security, and well-being of all people in 

the United States is integral to a functioning democracy 

and strong economy; 

Whereas public health research and practice advances each of 

these core attributes of a thriving Nation; 

Whereas emerging and reemerging infectious and zoonotic 

diseases are an ongoing threat to the health of people in 

the United States; 


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Whereas opioid addiction and opioid-related overdose deaths 

are devastating communities across the Nation; 

Whereas antimicrobial resistance affects 2 million people in 

the United States, and antibiotic-resistant infections lead 

to the deaths of at least 23,000 Americans each year; 

Whereas racial, ethnic, and geographical disparities in health 

and health care pose a significant challenge to the Nation’s strength, prosperity, and productivity; 

Whereas natural disasters and biological threats present a 

persistent threat to the life, health, and safety of all people in the United States; 

Whereas poor air quality, poor water quality, inadequate 

sanitation, social determinants, and behavioral factors exacerbate disease; 

Whereas almost half a million Americans die each year from 

smoking, and more than 1,000 cases of acute vaping-related disease have been documented across the country 

since June 2019; 

Whereas through research, surveillance and monitoring, prevention, health, and other strategies, tools, actions, and 

programs, public health professionals work to lessen the 

burden of disease, and in so doing are essential to boosting quality of life and extending life expectancy; 

Whereas public health professionals work tirelessly to prevent 

infectious diseases from spreading through transmission, 

and to address both longstanding and emerging global 

health threats; 

Whereas first responders who put themselves in harm’s way 

to protect and defend the public health are an imperative 

resource to the United States and its citizens; and 


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Whereas public health professionals have time and again 

shown their value in reducing and abating health and environmental threats such as measles, lead poisoning, tracing and addressing food-borne illnesses, and other disease 

outbreaks, and increasing awareness of healthy lifestyle 

choices: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that public 

3 health professionals in the United States are to be ap4 plauded, extolled, and thanked on Public Health Thank 

5 You Day for their deeply important contributions to the 

6 Nation. 

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