Arrington Leads Texas Republicans in Amicus Brief Supporting Texas' Lawsuit Against the Biden Administration's Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers

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Rep. Arrington has criticized the CMS vaccine mandate since the Agency announced on November 4, 2021 that healthcare professionals working in Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities must by fully vaccinated by January 4, 2022.

The Texas delegation's Amicus Brief outlines the existing healthcare worker shortage throughout Texas, especially in rural communities, and asserts that the CMS vaccine mandate will exacerbate the shortage.

"The Biden administration's overreaching and unconstitutional vaccine mandate threatens the livelihoods of healthcare workers and, in turn, jeopardizes access to care for patients in rural America," said Rep. Arrington. "Using vital CMS funding to strongarm hospitals into imposing unconstitutional mandates onto their workforce is reprehensible and dangerous. I'm proud to lead my colleagues in this Amicus Brief and urge the courts to halt the CMS vaccine mandate, as they've done with the OSHA vaccine mandate."

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