That this is the united states of america home of the free land of the brave then why is it such a difficult conversation with so many people in my state when they asked this question are we still free as a nation why are we having this conversation
Are we still free as a nation of course we are we’re having this conversation because september the 9th the president united states announced he was losing patience with the american people and he was going to put a new demand on every single office in america every workplace
That anyone who had 100 or more people in their company every single person in that company had to be vaccinated because the president was losing patience with them he said it’s for health risks covet 19 serious i’ve been vaccinated everyone in my family’s been vaccinated i’m exceptionally grateful for the vaccine
But to be able to reach into companies with this one simple statement if you don’t follow my instructions so the president says you will be fired that every person in the country now doesn’t work for their employer they now work for the president united states may i remind us
We are the united states of america home of the free land of the brave that we are a people that make our own decisions and live in a free nation what’s interesting is this is there’s all this conversation about everyone needs to be vaccinated or we’re not
Going to ever get to herd immunity we’ll never get to hurt immunity we’ll never be able to put down covet 19. how many times have we heard that statement over the past year and a half we’ve got to get to hurt immunity well i don’t know if anyone’s looked lately at the cdc’s
Website but if you go to the cdc website it will list out how many percentage-wise how many people have been vaccinated or currently have natural immunity in their system and if you go to their website and see it the number that they have for 16 years old and up is 92 of america
92 of americans either have natural immunity antibodies in their system or they’ve received the vaccine and have that set of antibodies from their system now remind us again how long have we been talking about herd immunity i understand covet is a tenacious disease but take it seriously because like every
Single person in this room i’ve lost family members and friends that have died to covet but we do not have the right as americans to assign to the president united states that that president can actually go to any company he chooses and pick and choose the companies
And say this company everyone has to be vaccinated that company they don’t if you have 95 people it’s no big deal if you have 100 people they’re toxic if you’re fedex and ups you need to all be vaccinated but if you’re the united states postal service you don’t have to be vaccinated that
Kind of picking and choosing that the president has done around our economy that is not the role the united states president now for all of us that take this disease seriously and for all of us that have been vaccinated and stand up frequently and talk about the importance of vaccinations
We also believe that we’re americans and that we’re free people so what was the mandates that are down now well there was a private sector mandate for every company of 100 or more there was a federal contractor mandate that if you have a company that works with the federal government regardless of your
Size for any federal contracting that you have to also have every person vaccinated you have federal employees that all have to be vaccinated members of the military reaching into national guards which for the first time ever they violated the law saying that they’re going to literally cut the pay
From members of the national guard that are not vaccinated though the law clearly states they cannot reach in to a a state national guard and literally pick and choose individuals they want to pay and don’t pay they’ve already dropped that out there and saying they’re going to do that as well
They’ve reached out to members of the healthcare community and told them if you have medicare or medicaid then you all have to be vaccinated well what’s been the response the american people have responded loud and clear that they believe we live in the land of the free and while millions and millions have
Been vaccinated they all turn around and say it was also my choice to be able to do that companies in my state are literally requiring employees to sign two forms one saying that they will get vaccinated and the second form saying if you have a negative reaction to the vaccine you
Won’t sue our company what in the world that’s not who we are so what’s happened just the last couple of weeks well the courts have finally gotten involved first off the courts have done a nationwide stay on the private sector mandate that’s what we’re talking about tonight
Putting a nail in the coffin with a vote in the united states senate to say no we will not allow this there’s been a nationwide state put in for those individuals that are in medicare medicaid and those healthcare workers there’s been a nationwide stay now for federal contractors for universities for individuals around
The country that have any connection with the federal government the courts have already stepped in and said the president doesn’t have the authority to do this and this vote tonight is whether this body agrees that the president should have unilateral power to declare whatever he wants for any private sector business in
The country or if the president doesn’t have that authority to do that that’s all this vote is this vote is not about vaccines and as has been falsely accused this whole group of anti-vaxxers that are up here this is a very simple vote do the people in this body believe that
The president united states has the authority to declare to any employee in any company of a hundred or more to do what he wants i say no because we live in the land of the free in the home of the brave and it’s time
For us to go on record on if we believe that or not i yield the floor you
