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On the recordNovember 18, 2021
this is now the 17th time I have come to the Senate Chamber specifically to speak against President Biden's vaccine mandate. I have pledged before, and I pledge again today, to continue this fight until we beat the mandate. Now, thankfully, progress has been made on this front. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit last week halted enforcement of President Biden's general mandate. It did so directing their rulings specifically to the OSHA portion of the mandate. This is the one that applies to all workers everywhere and any place of employment with more than 100 workers. I, along with millions of Americans, am grateful that the U.S. court system performed its role in protecting the separation of powers and otherwise protecting the limits on government written into our laws and our Constitution. It is also encouraging to see the government Agency charged with enforcing the general mandate; that is, OSHA, has now halted the enforcement of the mandate and is complying with the order issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. This, however, does not end President Biden's vaccine mandates. That mandate in particular remains the subject of ongoing litigation, and there are other requirements placed on other specific groups of workers outside of the OSHA mandate and, therefore, outside the scope of the order issued by the Fifth Circuit.…
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee
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Nov 18, 2021

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