Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 10, 2022
a few short months ago, President Biden issued a series of Executive orders. These Executive orders issued by the Biden administration proposed some pretty sweeping mandates on the American people, mandates insisting that covered persons, including for our purposes today military employees, Federal workers, employees of businesses with government contracts with the Federal Government, and medical professionals who contract with CMS--basically anyone involved with the provision of services through Medicare or Medicaid must get the COVID-19 vaccine on condition of termination. The way these mandates work is particularly nasty, especially if they work for one of the private companies, as is the case with CMS and independent contractor mandates. If they don't fire all their workers who don't get vaccinated, then they basically are rendered out of business. Yes, the Federal Government was going to just impose these crippling costs that no corporation could afford to carry. They knew that this was creating a big issue and that this would force people into getting vaccinated. Here is the problem with that. Now, I want to be clear. I have been vaccinated. My family has been vaccinated. I believe that vaccines have made things safer and healthier for hundreds of millions of people.…
Said by
Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee
Source
govinfo.gov
Mar 10, 2022

Share

More from Bill Lee

Aug 5, 2026

Join me in voting for Charlie Hatcher this Thursday, August 6.

foxnews.com
Mar 19, 2026

We have heard a number of arguments. Nearly all of them that come from the other side of the aisle deal with something that is either easily addressed in ways that would not require any change to the legislation before us, or, more…

govinfo.gov
Mar 22, 2026

It is important to reflect on the importance of this position and on the importance of the Department that he has been asked by the President of the United States to lead. This is a Department that, 25 years ago, didn't exist. It was…

govinfo.gov
Aug 4, 2026

You make certain that you protect the environment, protect the natural resources that we have, while also bringing economic growth.

tennesseelookout.com

Other voices in this conversation