[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 81 (Tuesday, May 11, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2158]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUPPORTING OUR HEROES

  (Mr. BERA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BERA. Madam Speaker, today we will be considering the Helping 
Emergency Responders Overcome Act, or the HERO Act.
  This has been an unprecedented time of stress and pressure on our 
first responders: firefighters, police officers, and our frontline 
healthcare workers. This is a no-nonsense bill that will provide 
necessary resources to understand first responder suicide and pressure, 
but also to provide grants to provide peer-to-peer conversation and 
proactive reaching out to these first responders who are our heroes.
  So, again, I urge all my colleagues to pass this bill unanimously. It 
has passed previously. It will make a difference, and it will help save 
lives and help treat these heroes as they have taken care of us.

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