Matt Rosendale: “My amendment No. 180 would prohibit the use of funds being made available by this act from enforcing any COVID-19 mask…”

“My amendment No. 180 would prohibit the use of funds being made available by this act from enforcing any COVID-19 mask mandates. Now, I want to make sure that everyone understands there is a huge difference between a COVID-19 mask mandate and having a section of a medical facility that is quarantined off because of highly contagious diseases or folks that are immune deficient. That has nothing to do with the COVID-19 mandate. This is only about COVID-19 mandates. Last month, Morris Brown College in Atlanta reinstated its COVID-19 mask mandate. They eventually rescinded the mandate, in large part due to public outcry, but make no mistake, tyrants will go out of their way to control our lives if we allow them to. The simple fact is that masks don't work. A recent study confirmed this fact, stating: ``Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of influenza-like illness/COVID- 19-like illness compared to not wearing masks.'' This was obvious to anyone with common sense, but our experts lied to us for the past 3 years about everything. There are also negative consequences and potential safety concerns for children being forced to wear a mask. There are almost 70,000 children that attend Department of Defense Education Activity schools. We have seen the negative consequences of children masking, and children of our servicemembers who are risking their lives overseas should not be subject to this cruel treatment.…”