{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bice.house.gov/media/press-releases/bice-joins-hasc-republicans-seeking-answers-dod-covid-19-vaccine-mandate", "Bice Joins HASC Republicans in Seeking Answers from DOD on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate", "2022-10-03", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "OK", "Stephanie I. Bice", "B000740", "bice.house.gov", "bice", "https://bice.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Representative Stephanie Bice (R-OK) joined Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), and fellow HASC Republicans in seeking answers from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on the Department of Defense\u2019s (DoD) COVID-19 vaccination mandate for servicemembers. The letter comes after President Biden\u2019s declaration that the \u201cpandemic is over\u201d and follows concerns raised in a June 2, 2022, memorandum by the Department of Defense Inspector General (DOD IG) on denials of religious accommodation requests for the COVID-19 vaccine.\n\nSpecifically, the members are seeking answers from the Department of Defense on:\n\n1) The timeline to end the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, or an understanding of why you plan to keep the order in place;\n\n2) A determination on how the President\u2019s announcement affects your determination to continue to enforce the mandate;\n\n3) A review of the COVID-19 impacts on operational readiness for the Combatant Commands;\n\n4) A summary review of ongoing litigation against DoD for the COVID-19 vaccine mandate;\n\n5) An assessment of how the COVID-19 mandate is impacting recruitment and retention in the Armed Forces;\n\n6) What consideration is being made to offer reinstatement to those servicemembers who were separated because of a refusal to take a COVID vaccine; and\n\n7) Actions taken to address the points raised over the legitimacy of DoD\u2019s COVID-19 religious accommodation process.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://bice.house.gov/media/press-releases/bice-joins-hasc-republicans-seeking-answers-dod-covid-19-vaccine-mandate"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.3617357946932316, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}