,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #abfg  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,december #ag1  
#bjbj,ms4 ,gabbard submitted the        
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,small ,business1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that     
,congress must pass a pandemic excess   
profits tax on large corporations who   
have achieved windfall profits due to   
the ,,covid-#ai public health crisis4   
,whereas big technology corporations and
 big box retailers will emerge from the 
coronavirus crisis stronger than ever   
before1 and with a greater economic     
advantage over smaller businesses2      
,whereas at a time when small businesses
 and ,americans across the country are  

suffering catastrophic economic         
consequences due to the ,,covid-#ai     
pandemic and government-mandated        
restrictions1 certain corporations such 
as ,amazon1 ,walmart1 ,zoom1 and others 
have seen windfall profits due to the   
pandemic2 ,whereas ninety-nine percent  
of all businesses in the ,united ,states
 are small businesses1 accounting for   
forty-four percent of the ,u4,s4 gross  
domestic product 7,,gdp71 employing     
forty-seven percent of our country's    
workforce2 ,whereas according to a      
,december national survey assessing the 
pandemic's economic impact to small     
business1 one-in-four small businesses  
will have to close their doors in the   
next six months if current economic     
conditions don't improve2 ,whereas large
 technology companies like ,amazon1     
,alphabet1 ,apple1 and ,facebook posted 
record profits during the ,,covid-#ai   
pandemic2 ,whereas it would be neither  
fair nor good for the ,united ,states   
economy for large corporations who have 

gained a competitive advantage over     
small businesses due to                 
government-mandated restrictions1 to    
maintain such a competitive advantage in
 the post-pandemic economy2 ,whereas    
given most ,americans and small         
businesses are struggling or shutting   
their doors while big corporations are  
seeing a windfall of excess profits due 
to the crisis1 it is time to reinstate  
the wartime excess profits tax that was 
used during ,,wwi and ,,wwii to prevent 
certain corporations from crisis        
profiteering and opportunistically      
enriching themselves2 ,whereas excess   
profits taxes were originally adopted by
 ,congress to siphon off war profits    
from company's profiting as a result of 
the war and provide assistance to those 
who were struggling and who needed help 
the most2 ,whereas the economic impacts 
of the coronavirus pandemic continue to 
ravage small businesses and ,americans  
across the country1 and it is unethical 
and unconscionable that some            

corporations achieve windfall profits   
directly because of the pandemic crisis 
while everyone else suffers2 ,whereas   
the ,federal ,government is spending    
trillions of dollars in emergency       
assistance to help struggling           
individuals and businesses1 pushing the 
country further into debt2 and ,whereas 
corporations who are experiencing       
obscene financial benefit and           
competitive advantage over other smaller
 corporations as a result of the        
pandemic have a responsibility to assist
 with the relief efforts for those      
struggling the most3 ,now1 therefore1 be
 it ,that it is the sense of the ,house 
of ,representatives that ,congress      
should reinstate a pandemic excess      
profits tax on large corporations who   
have made excess profits due to the     
pandemic and related government         
restrictions by using average gross     
earnings from #bjaf1 #bjag1 #bjah1 and  
#bjai and subtract the average from     
total #bjbj gross earnings1 and apply a 

#ie-percent tax rate to the excess      
profits which shall be directed to fund 
economic relief to small businesses4