Roger Marshall: “I rise in support of our amendment to prohibit funds in this legislation to be used to promulgate, fund, or enforce…”

“I rise in support of our amendment to prohibit funds in this legislation to be used to promulgate, fund, or enforce President Biden's unconstitutional vaccine mandate on private employers. As a physician, I am confident the vaccine has saved lives. My wife and I got the vaccine. My parents got the vaccine, and they are waiting to get their boosters. But whether to receive it is a personal choice between individuals and their doctor, not mandated via unconstitutional Executive actions that the administration recently acknowledged they didn't have authority to put in place. No precedent exists in American history for punishing private employers that don't enforce government vaccination edicts. Astonishingly, House Democrats included fines of up to $700,000 on businesses that have unvaccinated employees as a way to pay for their out-of-control spending. Make no mistake. This vaccine mandate is not about public health or science. If it were, we would recognize natural immunity as a highly effective way to combat the virus. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired. The Senator from Vermont.”