Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 497, the Freedom for Health Care Workers Act. This bill would repeal the Federal CMS mandate imposed on healthcare workers nationwide. On December 4, 2020, then-President-elect Joe Biden was asked pointblank if he would mandate COVID-19 vaccines for Americans. His answer? ``No, I don't think it should be mandatory. I wouldn't demand it be mandatory.'' Well, as we came to find out and have since learned, you can't take him at his word. By September 2021, the President's tone and position on vaccine mandates did a complete 180. He said that he was getting impatient and ``frustrated'' with unvaccinated Americans. He went so far as to call it ``a pandemic of the unvaccinated.'' Mr. President, I hate to break it to you, but the American people do not exist to please you or any President for that matter. We don't simply comply because you are ``frustrated.'' Yet, it was his impatience that led to this vaccine mandate. I don't know about you, but I am not sure where in the Constitution the government's powers over one's personal health decisions can be found, but apparently, those signs that we see so often, particularly outside the Supreme Court Chamber in bold letters screaming, ``My Body, My Choice,'' are only applicable when it is a certain political agenda. What we do know is that the Biden administration's authoritarian COVID-19 vaccine mandate on our dedicated medical professionals is an absolute abuse of power.…”