December 17, 2021For Immediate Release | Contact: Georgeanna Sullivan (202) 225-2956 Last month, multiple federal courts blocked President Biden's various vaccine mandates. A federal judge in St. Louis blocked the vaccine mandate on health care workers in 10 states. Days later a judge in Louisiana blocked the mandate in the other 40 states. In Kentucky, a federal judge blocked the Administration’s attempt to force vaccinations on all government contractors. And earlier this month a judge in Georgia issued a nationwide injunction against the vaccine mandate, arguing the [...]

Hawley Demands Explanation of Unconstitutional Biden Vaccine Mandate   WASHINGTON -- Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh demanding an explanation of the supposed constitutional basis of the Department of Labor's planned attempt to use the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to mandate vaccinations for 80 million private-sector workers. Senator Hawley writes that OSHA's power is "exceedingly limited" in this regard so the Biden administration "decided to take an end run around public accountability in favor of [...]

Last week I shared my views on the disastrous and heartbreaking situation in Afghanistan. Only moments after the bulletin was sent, we learned that a family here in the Third District lost their son in the attacks at the Kabul airport. Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz lost his life in his pursuit to get as many people to safety as possible. Because of him and his fellow soldiers, thousands of Americans did make it to safety and get to see their loved ones again. [...]