[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 42 (Monday, March 6, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S656]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 94--MEMORIALIZING THOSE LOST TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

  Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Markey) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions:

                               S. Res. 94

       Whereas the first Monday in March is recognized as ``COVID-
     19 Victims Memorial Day'';
       Whereas SARS-CoV-2 is a coronavirus that causes COVID-19 
     disease (referred to in this preamble as ``COVID-19'');
       Whereas, in late 2019, COVID-19 emerged and began to spread 
     throughout the world, creating a pandemic that has had a 
     catastrophic impact on human life, communities, and the 
     economy of the United States;
       Whereas, in March 2020, communities in the United States 
     began to experience increased death due to the COVID-19 
     pandemic, and families lost parents, siblings, children, 
     friends, and neighbors to the virus;
       Whereas, beginning in 2020, many across the United States 
     were, and continue to be, personally impacted by the COVID-19 
     pandemic, including mourning their loved ones or suffering 
     from the unknown long-term health implications of the virus;
       Whereas, by the end of February 2023, there had been more 
     than 100,000,000 known cases of COVID-19 in the United 
     States, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
     estimates that more than 1,100,000 individuals tragically 
     lost their lives due to illness related to COVID-19;
       Whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate 
     impact on low-income communities and communities of color, 
     individuals with disabilities, individuals with weakened 
     immune systems, individuals with other risk factors, such as 
     physical or mental comorbidities, and individuals living in 
     congregate settings, such as long-term care facilities and 
     prisons;
       Whereas frontline and essential workers and health care and 
     public health professionals have taken selfless actions to 
     protect their neighbors and communities, support struggling 
     local economies, and find innovative ways to provide 
     services;
       Whereas local, State, Tribal, and Federal Government 
     entities have provided critical support to businesses, 
     communities, and the people of the United States in need; and
       Whereas each life lost to the COVID-19 pandemic and each 
     sacrifice made shall never be forgotten: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) will memorialize those lost to the COVID-19 pandemic;
       (2) recognizes the suffering of those who contracted the 
     SARS-CoV-2 virus and those who continue to struggle with the 
     ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
       (3) expresses support for the annual designation of the 
     first Monday in March as ``COVID-19 Victims Memorial Day''.

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