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On the recordNovember 16, 2022
Madam President, I have spoken repeatedly about the many ways my Democratic colleagues' crusade for power has been disastrous for the American people. We have recordbreaking inflation, a chaotic southern border, and the collapsing energy industry. This is the world that the Democrats created in just 2 short years. What is worse, this Democrat-led government has ignored the ripple effects of their reckless agenda in favor of maintaining a political narrative about progress. But to Tennesseans and to so many Americans, it feels like the country is not moving forward; it is moving backward. I have come to the floor again today to talk about the ripple effects of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate that threatens to gut the ranks of the U.S. military. This body has had multiple chances to avert disaster, and each time the Democrats have decided to take the wrong path. I introduced two amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act that would have kept politics out of the military's use of vaccines. They are simple. Each amendment is about one page long. The first of these would have prohibited involuntary separation of any servicemember for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine until each service achieves its authorized end strength. You see, it makes absolutely no sense that we would be removing people from military service simply because they do not get a shot--a shot, by the way, that does not prevent you from getting COVID.…
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee

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