Bill Text: TX HR80 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending the frontline workers of the United States for their service during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Reported enrolled [HR80 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR80-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 80 | ||
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| WHEREAS, During the fight to contain the spread of COVID-19, | ||
| frontline workers, including men and women in the fields of health | ||
| care, food service, child care, and transportation, have provided | ||
| vital services to their fellow Americans; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In continuing to work in frontline and public-facing | ||
| roles, these individuals have helped protect the health and safety | ||
| of their communities while minimizing disruptions to our daily | ||
| lives; their numbers include physicians, nurses, home care and | ||
| domestic workers, and other medical professionals, who have put | ||
| themselves in harm's way to ensure that all patients receive timely | ||
| medical care; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Essential workers such as emergency medical | ||
| personnel, emergency dispatchers, law enforcement officers, | ||
| firefighters, security guards, and corrections officers have | ||
| continued to fulfill their duties while adapting to the significant | ||
| challenges posed by COVID-19; in so doing, they have saved lives, | ||
| aided the sick and injured, and upheld law and order in the midst of | ||
| a public health crisis; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The efforts of farmers and farm workers, food | ||
| processing workers, food service workers, and grocery employees | ||
| have helped keep the threat of food shortages at bay, while truck | ||
| drivers, pilots, and distribution center workers have ensured the | ||
| uninterrupted movement of our nation's supply chains; also | ||
| deserving of recognition are the employees of the United States | ||
| Postal Service and other postal carriers that have facilitated the | ||
| delivery of mail and critical goods, including prescription | ||
| medications, as well as the communications workers who have kept | ||
| households connected through phone, cable, and Internet, when these | ||
| services are needed more than ever; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Local, state, and federal employees have upheld key | ||
| government functions and services, many of which have risen in | ||
| demand due to the impact of COVID-19; across the country, other | ||
| essential workers include teachers and child-care workers, | ||
| construction and utility workers, laborers, sanitation and | ||
| cleaning personnel, and employees in the travel and transportation | ||
| sectors, all of whom make contributions that are indispensable to | ||
| the day-to-day functioning of our economy and society; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The COVID-19 pandemic, through the myriad | ||
| challenges that it has imposed on us, has shined a light on those in | ||
| our workforce whose efforts might have otherwise gone unheralded, | ||
| and these many individuals are deserving of their fellow citizens' | ||
| deepest and most heartfelt appreciation; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commend the frontline workers of the United | ||
| States for their service during the COVID-19 pandemic and extend to | ||
| them sincere best wishes for their health and safety. | ||
| Raymond | ||
| King of Uvalde | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 80 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 10, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
