Title: Recognizing COVID-19 frontline workers.
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
This resolution recognizes and commends the contributions of frontline workers during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus 2019) public-health emergency.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 933 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 933

                Recognizing COVID-19 frontline workers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2020

  Ms. Slotkin (for herself, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Crow, Ms. 
  Sherrill, Mr. Rose of New York, Mrs. Luria, Ms. Spanberger, and Mr. 
 Golden) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
                Recognizing COVID-19 frontline workers.

Whereas COVID-19 is a generational event that has impacted every aspect of our 
        country;
Whereas the fight against COVID-19 is America's latest war, and our health care 
        workers, food service workers, childcare workers, transportation 
        workers, and more are on the front lines;
Whereas we have called on our frontline workers to serve their country during 
        this pandemic;
Whereas frontline workers have answered this call and carried out their critical 
        missions to protect the health and safety of our communities and to 
        minimize the disruption that COVID-19 has caused to our daily lives;
Whereas doctors, nurses, home care and domestic workers, and other medical 
        professionals have put themselves in harm's way to care for their 
        patients, COVID-19 or otherwise;
Whereas firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, emergency dispatchers, Customs and 
        Border Protection Officers, border patrol agents, security guards, 
        corrections officers, and law enforcement officers have continued to 
        meet their existing responsibilities to maintain safety and public 
        health while overcoming staggering new COVID-19 challenges;
Whereas farmers, farm workers, fast food workers, restaurant workers, food 
        processing workers, and grocery store employees have ensured there is 
        food available to put on the table to feed our families during the 
        COVID-19 pandemic;
Whereas communication workers have maintained networks that are stressed beyond 
        their limits so that we are able to access the best information and stay 
        as connected as possible through phone, cable, and internet, amidst 
        physical isolation;
Whereas truck drivers, commercial pilots, and food and supply distribution 
        center workers have maintained critical supply chains, supporting the 
        production and distribution of medical supplies, personal protective 
        equipment, medication, food, and more;
Whereas United States Postal Service employees and other carriers have 
        maintained our Nation's delivery and communications network, connecting 
        millions of homes, supporting economic activity, and delivering critical 
        goods, including prescription medications;
Whereas sanitation, custodial, janitorial, and cleaning service workers have 
        played a critical role in minimizing the spread of COVID-19, 
        particularly in high-risk places that must remain open, including 
        hospitals, airports, and grocery stores;
Whereas construction workers, electrical workers, steelworkers, carpenters, 
        millwrights, utility workers, machinists, ironworkers, and other 
        laborers have continued to work on infrastructure that must be 
        constantly maintained;
Whereas local, State, and Federal employees have upheld key government functions 
        and services, which have become more important and more overwhelmed 
        during COVID-19;
Whereas childcare workers have continued to care for the children of essential 
        personnel, allowing these personnel to meet their obligations and 
        continue their critical work during the COVID-19 pandemic;
Whereas Transportation Security Administration officers, pilots, air traffic 
        control officers, flight attendants, railroad workers, and transit 
        workers have ensured that we are able to travel safely and return from 
        across the country and around the world to be home with our loved ones 
        during this public health crisis; and
Whereas these workers, and other frontline workers, have continued to perform 
        critical and essential missions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes and applauds the contributions of frontline 
        workers during the COVID-19 pandemic;
            (2) appreciates that frontline workers have answered the 
        call to serve their country during these unprecedented times;
            (3) commends the frontline workers who have risked their 
        own health and safety, as well as the health and safety of 
        their loved ones, to continue their work during the COVID-19 
        pandemic;
            (4) understands that frontline workers have continued their 
        work at times without complete protections they need to 
        minimize their own risk of exposure to COVID-19;
            (5) recognizes that some frontline workers have been lost 
        to COVID-19 as a result of their service, and offers their 
        loved ones our sincerest condolences;
            (6) hails these acts of heroism that have allowed essential 
        services to continue operating, minimized the inevitable 
        disruption to Americans' daily lives, and played a critical 
        role in protecting the health and safety of our communities; 
        and
            (7) recognizes the immense debt of gratitude that we owe 
        frontline workers for their heroic and selfless service during 
        the COVID-19 pandemic, and thanks them.
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