Political Quotes

“This evening, I rise in support of my amendment to ensure that no funds will be used to require universities to enforce COVID-19 vaccine requirements for students and faculty. My amendment is important for two reasons. The first is because many universities, unbelievably so, are still actively mandating COVID-19 vaccines for their students. Their students, mind you, Mr. Chairman, were never at any serious risk of the virus. At the start of the 2023-2024 school year, there were still nearly 100 universities in this country that required a COVID-19 vaccine to attend their universities. Mr. Chairman, think of that. It has been about 4 years since the China virus first came to the United States, and the Federal Government finally, in May of this year, declared the pandemic was over. For many of us, the remediation efforts were over as soon as we realized what we suspected, that the masking up and the vaccine requirements were exploited by a bureaucracy that was trying to impose their will on normal Americans. Yet, so many universities are still forcing students, who have likely already contracted COVID at this point--everybody has had it by now. Many of them were never sick with symptoms and all have recovered. In the event that there were any serious risks, to begin with, it didn't matter. They were required to take a vaccine that they didn't need and didn't want.…”