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https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases/harris-reacts-maryland-watermen-forced-follow-mask-mandate	Harris Reacts: Maryland Watermen Forced to Follow Mask Mandate	2021-02-12	2021	2021-02	Republican	House	MD	Andy Harris	H001052	harris.house.gov	harris	https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases	scraper	WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., issued a statement today in response to the Biden Administration's Executive Order 13998, which requires the wearing of masks on all federal and federally regulated transportation vehicles and vessels to prevent the spread of COVID-19: "While appropriate on some modes of transportation where social distancing with strangers cannot be maintained, this mandate is overly broad and leading to unforeseen frustration. The Coast Guard has issued guidance that all commercial fishing vessel occupants will be required to wear masks, and that they will enforce this mandate. Our watermen are completely outdoors, often numbering no more than three per vessel, and have been working together without interruption since the beginning of this pandemic – they are at extremely low-risk by the nature of their work. I urge the CDC to come forward and clarify that this mandate, which includes while sleeping onboard, lacks legitimate scientific backing for small craft fishing vessels with minimal persons working onboard in an outdoor environment. Rather than being the Biden mask police for a low-transmission industry, the Coast Guard should be spending their valuable time doing their core duties, especially drug enforcement."	1	2026-03-30T01:40:41Z	2026-04-06T19:26:35Z