There should be disability & death benefits FOR ALL ESSENTIAL WORKERS during this pandemic! You know who should pay for it? Those who are profiting: Big Pharma, Health Insurance Companies, Big Meat Processing companies, Amazon (Lord knows Jeff has saved enough in taxes!), Walmart (don’t get me started), etc. This isn’t hard.

Even though this is already part of a DOJ program, this legislation codifies a particular need for first responders making it less likely to be arbitrarily denied. None of our first responders nor our health care workers planned to risk their lives in the daily pursuit of their careers; particularly those who are not provided appropriate protective gear, because our federal government did not respond to early and many pleas to use the full power of our government to get critical PPE gear to all who needed it. Yes, all these people need assurances that their families will not be punished because of the jobs they were required to do, and the risks they were required to take because our national leadership did not care to act proactively.

It is a war & those on the front lines should be taken care of so they can focus on the battle. Knowing their families will be provided for if injured or killed is an important piece of taking care of front line workers.

Absolutely! These folks put their lives on the line as it is. In this instance they are also putting their families in jeopardy. They serve and protect us so we need to have their backs!

Yes, and as others have stated it should be extended to protect all essential workers. ——- However, I would like to point out that Chris’ comment comparing the COVID19 pandemic to the flu IS misinformation and damaging to public health and safety. Similarly Ryan’s comment calling the COVID19 pandemic the Wuhan virus is inflammatory and at its core hate speech. Neither are protected under 1st amendment rights, and both are highly destructive. Going forward we must all work together to combat negative feedback loops destroying our democracy. THIS INCLUDES ALL THOSE AT COUNTABLE. Source: Network Propaganda by Hal Roberts, Robert Faris, and Yochai Benkler

YES. Take care of this now so these people don't suffer the same promises and delays of the first responders on 911. Are you aware that they are still fighting for the compensation they were promised 10 years ago? In February 2019, the Special Master administering the fund "determined that there is not sufficient funding to pay all pending and projected claims," and cut pending claims by 50% and new claims by 70%.[19] On June 11, 2019, Jon Stewart testified before the House Judiciary Committee, demanding additional funding. "I'm sorry if I sound angry and undiplomatic. But I'm angry, and you should be too, and they're all angry as well and they have every justification to be that way. There is not a person here, there is not an empty chair on that stage that didn't tweet out 'Never Forget the heroes of 9/11. Never forget their bravery. Never forget what they did, what they gave to this country.' Well, here they are. And where are they? And it would be one thing if their callous indifference and rank hypocrisy were benign, but it's not. Your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity: time. It's the one thing they're running out of."

If we can bail out Trump and his buddies with billions of dollars we can make sure those putting their lives on the line get taken care of. Trumplicans cry about wearing a mask but don’t think twice about Moscow trying to pass legislation making employers exempt from being responsible for the virus and it’s spread at work.

They have some of the worst jobs in our country. We owe them the most protection, the most remuneration, and the most gratitude we can muster.

Public Safety Officers should have benefits which cover becoming disabled or death due to ALL line-of-duty circumstances. I urge Luetkemeyer to be sure such coverage is in place. If Covid-19 is not already included in benefits, Vote YEA on H.R. 6509.

Yea... but please extend this to more than the listed group

This should NOT EVEN BE A QUESTION. Of course these people who are on the Front Line against this epidemic should be taken care of just as our veterans should be taken care of. That means we need to take better care of our Veterans too. Trump is using them as guinea pigs for the stupid medicine he has stockpiled to get a dollar for it. Thank goodness they have stopped that use of veterans for crazy drugs.

Message for Christy and everybody thinking the same thing “oh my God who’s gonna pay for this “this administration, the trump administration has gotten this country in more debt than any other administration in history. We are in more debt than any other country in the world in history. It is taken Trump and the Republicans 3 1/2 years to wreck this country. Incidentally are you aware that every time Donald Trump plays golf (Which he does most every weekend) the cost to the taxpayers 3 1/2 million dollars, which incidentally he’s doing even while this pandemic is taking place. How long is it going to take you personally to save up 3 1/2 million dollars to pay for just one of trumps golf games? If you liked him or not when Bill Clinton left office we had a surplus.Trump has from the outset run a massive deficit. It started with a republican tax cuts for the wealthy I’m talking about people who make millions of dollars a year. I’m guessing most people make less than that and they think because they got a pittance they did pretty well but it’s nothing compared to what the wealthy got. Look at Trump he claims that he made billions without paying taxes and he’s proud of it. So the tax cut put us on the precipice, and then came the virus which has pushed us over the cliff because there was no reserve. Any simpleton running a household tries to have savings in case of emergency it’s pretty basic thinking. But it’s not basic thinking for this administration, because they didn’t even think. So here we are trillions upon trillions of dollars in debt because of the Republicans stupidity and greed led by Donald Trump. Trump who is I’m sure the most intellectually stymied person to ever sit in the White House.

These men and women are putting their lives on the line for the safety of others. Absolutely, they should receive benefits. These public safety officers are working very hard to help others with COVID-19 and prevent the spread of it.

Awesome bill! Save lives. Great idea! Say yes! They do a lot for us!

They are doing their job. Although we may not like the things they sometimes do. They get up and put on a uniform and try to do what many of us wouldn’t do. And if they receive any sort of injury including death while performing their duty they should be duly compensated.

All essential workers should have these benefits. Stop being cheap asses and take care of people.

Everyone who risks their lives to work through Corona Virus deserves financial protection. For that matter, all Americans deserve financial protection. This is a pandemic. This is a crisis. We all deserve health care.

Yep.