Drew Ferguson: “No. My point is that there is so much inconsistency here. You will never, ever get to the point, Madam Speaker, that you…”

“No. My point is that there is so much inconsistency here. You will never, ever get to the point, Madam Speaker, that you will ever be able to get every Member to show some sort of vaccination card without violating the HIPAA privacy protections. Again, I am listening to the rhetoric. It is a simple question: How do you compel Members of this body to disclose their private health information without violating HIPAA laws? Not strategy. Not theoretical. How are you going to do that? What provision in the law, in the HIPAA protections of an American's private information regarding their healthcare record, are you going to waive to compel Members of the House to show that they have been vaccinated? I yield to my colleague from California.”