{"id":236076,"date":"2024-06-30T09:10:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T13:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=236076"},"modified":"2024-06-30T09:10:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T13:10:51","slug":"rep-thomas-massie-was-a-rabidly-anti-covid-vaccine-advocate-in-the-u-s-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=236076","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Thomas Massie was a rabidly anti-Covid vaccine advocate in the U.S. Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"

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House Passes Massie’s HR 185 to End COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for International Visitors<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Washington, D.C., February 8, 2023<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For Immediate Release
\n<\/strong>Contact: massie.press@mail.house.gov
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Congressman Thomas Massie, a member of the House Rules Committee, announces that the House of Representatives today passed legislation he introduced to end the COVID-19 vaccine mandate placed on international air visitors\u00a0to the United States. Massie’s legislation, HR 185, passed the House of Representatives on a bipartisan vote of 227-201. 220 Republicans and 7\u00a0Democrats voted to end Biden’s mandate.<\/p>\n

“I applaud the House for passing HR 185 to lift the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on legal international travelers arriving by air,” said\u00a0Congressman Massie.<\/strong>\u00a0“The CDC’s unscientific mandate is separating too many people from their families and has been doing so for far too long. It needs to end.”<\/p>\n

“No free country, other than the United States, requires international visitors to prove they’ve taken the COVID-19 vaccine,”\u00a0Congressman\u00a0Massie\u00a0<\/strong>continued.\u00a0“This vaccine mandate is keeping families separated, hurting our economy, and preventing some of the best athletes in the world from competing here.\u00a0We\u00a0need to join the rest of the free world in returning to normal. Canada, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and all of South and Central America have no such mandate. I urge the Senate to take up and pass\u00a0my legislation quickly.”<\/p>\n

HR 185<\/a>\u00a0prevents enforcement of\u00a0a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) order published in the Federal Register\u00a0on April 7, 2022. The CDC\u00a0order prohibits international\u00a0travelers from entering the\u00a0country unless they first show\u00a0proof of COVID-19 vaccination.\u00a0In addition, HR 185 bars the subsequent issuance of successor orders requiring travelers to prove they have received the COVID-19 vaccine to gain entrance to the United States.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Travel Association, the national, non-profit organization representing all components of the travel industry, supports Congressman Massie’s legislation. The organization’s letter of support for HR 185 is available\u00a0at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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January 12, 2023:\u00a0Rep. Massie Introduces Bill to End COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for International Air Travelers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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