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submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,en]gy &      
,comm]ce  ,,resolution  ,memorializ+ ^? 
impact$ by & lo/ to ! ,,covid-#ai       
p&emic4  ,:]eas ! fir/ ,monday 9 ,m>* is
 recogniz$ z ,,covid-#ai ,victims &     
,survivors ,memorial ,day2 ,:]eas       
,,s>s-,co,v-#b1 a novel coronavirus t   
causes ,,covid-#ai disease 7ref]r$ to 9 
?is preamble z ,,covid-#ai71 is a deadly
 illness t c transmit f individual to   
individual2 ,:]eas1 9 late #bjai1       
,,covid-#ai em]g$ & began to spread     
?r\gh\t ! _w1 creat+ a global p&emic t  
has _h a cata/rophic impact on human    
life1 communities 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates1 & !
 economy ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates2 ,:]eas1 9   
,m>* #bjbj1 communities 9 e ,/ate began 
to exp]i5ce increas$ dea? due to !      
,,covid-#ai p&emic1 & families lo/      
p>5ts1 sibl+s1 *ildr51 fri5ds1 &        

neighbors to ! virus2 ,:]eas1 beg9n+ 9  
#bjbj1 _m across ! ,unit$ ,/ates 7 &    
cont9ue to be p]sonally impact$ by      
,,covid-#ai includ+ m\rn+ _! lov$ ones  
or suff]+ f ! long-t]m heal?            
implications ( ! virus2 ,:]eas1 by ! end
 ( ,febru>y #bjbc1 !re _h be5 m ?an     
#ajb1iih1jjj kn[n cases ( ,,covid-#ai 9 
! ,unit$ ,/ates1 & m ?an #a1aac1jjj p   
tragically lo/ _! lives2 ,:]eas         
,,covid-#ai has _h a disproportionate   
impact on l[-income communities &       
communities ( color1 rural & tribal     
communities1 individuals ) disabilities1
 individuals ) weak5$ immune sy/ems1    
individuals exp]i5c+ homelessness1 &    
individuals liv+ 9 congregate sett+s1   
su* z long-t]m c>e facilities & prisons2
 ,:]eas ,,covid-#ai has h>m$ ! heal? &  
wellbe+ ( vet]ans1 especially ^? /ruggl+
 ) po/-traumatic /ress disord]1 by      
increas+ social isolation & disrupt+    
access to m5tal heal? s]vices2 ,:]eas   
,,covid-#ai has h>m$ ! heal? & wellbe+ (
 *ildr5 by r$uc+ access to c>e & heal?  

s]vices1 disrupt+ s*ool+1 increas+ /ress
 on c>egiv]s1 & tragically robb+        
millions ( *ildr5 ( a p>5t or c>egiv]2  
,:]eas ! symptoms & sev]ity (           
,,covid-#ai c v>y dramatically by       
individual1 & million ( survivors are   
exp]i5c+ long-t]m heal? implications (  
po/-acute sequelae ,,s>s-,co,v-#b       
infection2 ,:]eas public s]vants1       
frontl9e & ess5tial work]s1 & heal? c>e 
& public heal? pr(essionals took        
selfless actions to protect _! neighbors
 & communities1 support /ruggl+ local   
economies1 & f9d innovative ways to     
provide s]vices2 ,:]eas local1 ,/ate1   
,tribal1 & ,f$]al ,gov]nm5t entities    
provid$ critical support to bus9esses1  
communities1 & ,am]icans 9 ne$2 & ,:]eas
 ea* life lo/ to ,,covid-#ai & ea*      
sacrifice made %all nev] be =gott53 ,n[1
 !re=e1 be x ,t ! ,h\se (               
,repres5tatives--  7#a7 w memorialize ^?
 lo/ to ! ,,covid-#ai p&emic2  7#b7     
recognizes ! suff]+ ( ^? :o contract$ ! 
,,s>s-,co,v-#b virus & ^? :o cont9ue to 

/ruggle ) ongo+ impacts ( ,,covid-#ai2 &
  7#c7 expresses support = ! annual     
designation ( ,,covid-#ai ,victims &    
,survivors ,memorial ,day4