Vaccine Mandates Need to Stop

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I have said it before and I will say it again: The greatest threat that this pandemic has imposed on the American people is growing government control over their lives.

A stalled supply chain, exploding inflation, and a crisis at our southern border are all issues that require immediate attention. Yet, the Biden administration is not addressing any of these issues.

Instead, President Biden thinks it is a good idea to ignore the crisis he created and impose a crushing Federal vaccine mandate on businesses that will affect more than 80 million Americans and decimate our workforce.

My colleagues and I have had enough with President Biden's tone-deaf mandates.

Today, I was joined by all 50 Republican Senators and 107 Members in the House in introducing a Congressional Review Act to nullify President Biden's vaccine mandate on America's workers and businesses.

This mandate is illegal, and we are fighting to stop it. I am joined by my colleagues this evening to explain why we need to stop this.

Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Miller).

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Mann).

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Allen).

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman).

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Hern).

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Carter).

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Carl).

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg).

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Michigan.

Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx), a great mentor, an outstanding person, my good friend.

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman.

Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Burchett), my friend and colleague.

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman.

Madam Speaker, I yield to gentleman from Texas (Mr. Pfluger).

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman very much for those remarks.

Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Moore).

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for those comments.

Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Estes), my good friend and colleague.

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I thank the good gentleman from Kansas.

Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Smucker), my good friend and fellow Pennsylvanian.

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania.

Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa), my good friend.

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I appreciate the remarks from the gentleman of California and all the Members who stood here today. I thank my colleagues in both the House and the Senate for standing with the American people in opposition to this blatant overreach by President Biden.

Our Congressional Review Act resolution puts every Member of Congress on record. You are either for this blatant government overreach and control, or you are against it. You are either with this kind of control, or you are with the American people.

Well, I will tell you right now, my colleagues who spoke here today, the people who are helping with this Congressional Review Act, my colleagues in the Senate, we are with the people for whom we work. We are with the American people, saying they know best.

It is not government that runs things here in America. It is we the people. We stand with the people in opposing this overreach by the Biden administration.

Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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