Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson applauded support for The Heroes Act, House Democrats’ latest legislation to address the continued public health crisis and provide desperately needed support for struggling families and essential workers, with funds for testing and tracing measures, key support for frontline workers, and strengthened assistance for the American people.

The Heroes Act provides Texas government and local communities on the frontlines of this crisis with robust, desperately needed funding to cover coronavirus-related outlays and revenue loss and pay our health care workers, police, fire, transportation, EMS, teachers and other vital workers who keep us safe and are in danger of losing their jobs.

An analysis prepared by the Congressional Research Service estimates that the Heroes Act will provide $35 billion through the next two years for the state of Texas, in addition to urgently needed funding for District-30 communities:

➢ City of Dallas – $ 1.1 billion over two years

➢ City of Cedar Hill -$24 million over two years

➢ City of DeSoto – $22 million over two years

➢ City of Duncanville – $19 million over two years

➢ City of Lancaster – $19 million over two years

➢ City of Glenn Heights – $5 million over two years

➢ City of Hutchins – $3 million over two years

➢ City of Wilmer – $2.4 million over two years

The Heroes Act also includes a $90 billion fund to support state and local public education, including $9,242,958 for Texas communities.

Additionally, the Heroes Act includes the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, legislation that Congresswoman Johnson introduced that directs the Federal Communications Commission to designate 9-8-8 as the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system.

The Heroes Act provides transformative, far-reaching support to protect the lives and livelihoods of the American people and the life of our democracy: Provides strong support for our heroes by establishing a $200 billion Heroes’ fund to ensure that essential workers across the country receive hazard pay.