; Whereas people with Long COVID are 10 percent less likely to be employed and those who are employed work 50 percent fewer hours than people without Long COVID; Whereas there may be as many as 4,000,000 fewer workers in the United States workforce due to the impact of the disease; Whereas there are no approved cures for Long COVID, and most of the treatments involve addressing individual symptoms using established therapies; and Whereas investing in Long COVID research and promoting the development of treatment and diagnostic tools remain priorities to improve the quality of life for those impacted by Long COVID: Now, therefore, be it