Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic has challenged the entire Nation but has disproportionately impacted people with disabilities, particularly people of color with disabilities, who are significantly over-represented among the victims of this deadly virus; Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic has resulted in the need for essential services to continue even in areas where most businesses and government buildings are closed; Whereas people with disabilities often work in the types of businesses identified as essential during the pandemic, such as grocery stores, retail distribution centers, and health care facilities; Whereas employees with disabilities also provide essential services fulfilling local, State, and Federal contracts in locations across the United States and its territories including government buildings, hospitals, military bases, airports, call centers, highway rest stops, private nonprofit businesses supporting individuals with disabilities, and numerous other locations; Whereas many of these essential employees are supported by disability service providers that provide training, job coaching, transportation, and other needed supports to help these employees in performing this essential work; Whereas people with disabilities have continued to perform this essential work even though it sometimes increased their risk of exposure to the deadly COVID–19 virus; Whereas the essential work performed during the pandemic has included providing goods and services that were critical to the public health response to the crisis, including— (1) manufacturing and delivering thousands of critical products that are strengthening the Nation’s COVID–19 response, including personal protective equipment (PPE), hand sanitizer, cleaning products and disinfectants, first aid kits, exam gloves, toilet paper, and more to support hospitals, health care professionals, first responders, the United States military, and governments at all levels