Political Quotes

“in reserving the right to object, I am requesting a vote on my amendment No. 4329. I am very disappointed that my Democratic colleagues will refuse to vote on this very simple, very important, very constitutionally correct amendment that also dramatically could impact military readiness, which is why it is so important to discuss it here as we are debating the NDAA. My amendment is simple. It prohibits the Department of Defense from enforcing President Biden's vaccine mandate on contractors and subcontractors. That is it. Why is this important? Well, look, we all want to put the vaccine behind us. There is no doubt about that. We have all been vaccinated here. I think most of us have encouraged our constituents, in consultation with their physicians, to do the same. First and foremost, as to this vaccine mandate, it is becoming increasingly clear it is not constitutionally based, and it is not based in statute, and I think the American people are seeing that on a daily basis. So it is an issue of not just the constitutional authority of the President, but it is an issue of the principle that got us all through the pandemic last year.…”