{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fulcher.house.gov/2021/10/26/id-10151df0-bc79-4487-8b98-bd256d9290c2/", "Rep. Fulcher Opening Statement: \u201cThis Federal Vaccine Mandate Will Worsen the Supply Chain Crisis\u201d", "2021-10-26", "2021", "2021-10", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Russ Fulcher", "F000469", "fulcher.house.gov", "fulcher", "https://fulcher.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Contact:\n\nAlexah Rogge\n\n202-225-6611\n\nalexah.rogge@mail.house.gov\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a joint subcommittee hearing on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration\u2019s (OSHA) likely unlawful federal vaccine mandate:\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s no way around it. President Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate is bad for workers, it\u2019s bad for business, and it\u2019s bad for the economy. It is also an affront to the personal liberties Americans hold dear.\n\n\u201cA major labor shortage is already contributing to a supply chain backup. In response to similar state and federal mandates, many private companies have begun firing workers who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine.\n\n\u201cThis federal vaccine mandate will worsen the supply chain crisis, almost guaranteeing Americans will go without this Christmas.\n\n\u201cCurrent government mandates have created chaos at airports, weakened police forces, and put our health care system in jeopardy.\n\n\u201cIn September, a hospital in upstate New York was so understaffed after unvaccinated medical personnel resigned that the hospital was forced to stop delivering babies. Yet babies come when it\u2019s time for them to, whether there\u2019s a staffing shortage or not.\n\n\u201cThese problems will only worsen once President Biden\u2019s OSHA vaccine and testing mandate is issued.\n\n\u201cWe can\u2019t afford to lose more workers. This coercive government mandate will compound the crises facing our nation.\n\n\u201cInstead of empowering American workers and job creators, my friends on the other side of the aisle are forcing main street to fire workers. This is the surest way to hurt our economy.\n\n\u201cThis ill-advised decree will create substantial uncertainty, costs, and liabilities. The last thing main street needs is another unfunded mandate dictated from Washington.\n\n\u201cHarsh fines for violating President Biden\u2019s mandate could also decimate small businesses.\n\n\u201cThis is not building back better. It\u2019s crushing the job creators and American workers under the heavy hand of government intervention.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"]], "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://fulcher.house.gov/2021/10/26/id-10151df0-bc79-4487-8b98-bd256d9290c2/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8839331567287445, "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"}