Matt Rosendale: “After 3 years of government overreach, which was blamed on COVID-19, we can all agree that the pandemic is over. The…”

“After 3 years of government overreach, which was blamed on COVID-19, we can all agree that the pandemic is over. The fact is, this very body passed H.R. 382 to end the national public health emergency, the Senate agreed, and the President signed it into law. The Biden administration is going so far as to allow title 42 to end at midnight tonight, removing the ability of our Border Patrol agents to turn immigrants away due to public health concerns. Yet, every week, I receive calls from veterans who are being denied care at VA health clinics across Montana over mask mandates. Let me repeat that. The pandemic is over, yet veterans are being denied medical care over mask mandates. Denying anyone, particularly a veteran, medical care over a personal decision is outrageous and violates the Hippocratic Oath. In March, I had the opportunity to question the individuals from the VA and sent them multiple letters over their mask mandates. They responded by allowing each clinic to set its own guidelines. Unfortunately, instead of eliminating masks, the Montana VA healthcare system doubled down and has dictated that every clinic in the State requires masks. In Billings, Iraq war veteran Travis Norby has consistently been denied care every time he walks into the local VA clinic. Is this the respect that we show our veterans after they have put their life on the line to protect our freedoms?…”