{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/issa-introduces-legislation-challenge-biden-vaccine-mandate", "Issa Introduces Legislation to Challenge Biden Vaccine Mandate", "2021-10-21", "2021", "2021-10", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Darrell Issa", "I000056", "issa.house.gov", "issa", "https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON D.C. \u2013 Yesterday, Congressman Darrell Issa introduced H.R. 5642, the Follow Accepted Science Together (FAST) Act, which would exempt individuals who test positive for antibodies against COVID-19 from President Biden\u2019s federal vaccine mandate.\n\n\u201cThe demand by this Administration for vaccine mandates is a mistake,\u201d said Congressman Issa. \u201cThe FAST Act follows the science and exempts Americans with COVID-19 antibodies from this unfair White House edict.\u201d\n\nThe FAST Act was developed with a scientific approach and outlined through multiple studies by the National Institute of Health, as well as Yale, BMJ, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory resource medRxiv. Extensively researched studies have determined that individuals previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 have suitable and substantial protection from COVID-19 \u2013 making the vaccine mandate as proposed by the Biden Administration unnecessary for millions of Americans.\n\n\u201cThe vaccines developed last year during Operation Warp Speed have helped millions of Americans \u2013 myself included,\u201d said Congressman Issa. \u201cBut instead of trusting Americans to make their own personal health choices, the Biden Administration\u2019s mandates are killing jobs and causing chaos. It\u2019s time to put a stop to it,\u201d said Issa.\n\nDarrell Issa is the Representative of California\u2019s 50th Congressional District. The District encompasses the central and northeastern parts of San Diego County and a portion of Riverside County, including the communities of Fallbrook, San Marcos, Valley Center, Ramona, Escondido, Santee, Lakeside, El Cajon, Temecula, and the mountain and desert areas of the San Diego-Imperial County line. Issa served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2011-2015.\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://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/issa-introduces-legislation-challenge-biden-vaccine-mandate"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.5253291241824627, "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"}