Political Quotes

“I reiterate again that as a physician, I support vaccination for healthcare workers if they choose to do so or if their local medical facility says it is a requirement for them to be employed at that facility. I just don't support the Federal Government mandating it nationwide because they don't mandate any other vaccine, and they never have that I am aware of. So there are all kinds of other things in medicine that I wish people would do: I wish people would get screened for colon cancer. I wish people would get their mammograms. I wish people would get their pap smears. I wish people would get their prostates checked. The reality is it is a free country. We are not going to mandate all of those things, are we? We could, I guess. This is just another medical treatment that people should have the freedom to choose. The Federal Government shouldn't be mandating it. Again, I can't be more clear, and other doctors that have spoken today have said, ``we believe in vaccinations.'' In fact, we did public service announcements supporting it. We just don't believe that CMS should be mandating this for healthcare workers, and that this mandate should end. Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support H.R. 497, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired. Pursuant to House Resolution 75, the previous question is ordered on the bill. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.…”