Rep. Barry Moore joins letter calling on Pelosi to nullify Biden’s healthcare COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Washington, D.C. —Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) joined a letter calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to bring the Congressional Review Act to end President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on federally-funded healthcare employees to the House floor for a vote.

“President Biden’s reckless and dangerous federal vaccine mandate continues to impact healthcare workers across the nation,” said Rep. Barry Moore. “America’s frontline health workers should not be forced to choose between a vaccine and their livelihood. This mandate has the potential to exacerbate the healthcare worker shortages we already face and could cost patients’ lives instead of saving them. The COVID-19 vaccine mandate will have long-term repercussions to this nation, and we must continue to fight it.”

Background: In December, Rep. Barry Moore joined House Republicans in opposing Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services through a Congressional Review Act to halt Biden’s mandate. The Congressional Review Act process is the legal process whereby Congress can overturn an Administration regulation, once it has been properly noticed. “Proper notice” occurs once a regulation is printed in the Federal Register and received by the Clerks of the House and Senate. The CMS vaccine mandate regulation was printed in the Federal Register on November 5, 2021. It was noted as received by the Senate Clerk on December 1, 2021, and by the House Clerk on December 9, 2021. Now that all three of those notices have been received, a CRA receives privilege in the House if the Minority Leader brings it up as a “privileged resolution,” which means the House must bring the legislation to the floor for a vote.

Read the full letter here.