New Hampshire joined a multistate lawsuit challenging the Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and Republican legislative leaders said they would press ahead with their own legislation as well, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader. The dual track paired a court challenge with a promise of action in the upcoming session. State leaders framed the federal requirement as an overreach affecting employers and workers across the state.
GOP leaders made clear the court fight would not slow their legislative agenda, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.
House Majority Leader Jason Osborne, R-Auburn, said Attorney General John Formella stood up for employer and worker rights by challenging this requirement from the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration.
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House Majority Leader Jason Osborne praised Attorney General John Formella for stepping into the case, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader.
Republican legislative leaders vowed to move ahead with 2022 legislation against the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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GOP leaders set out their plan for the next session, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.
Republican legislative leaders vowed to move ahead with 2022 legislation against the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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Another leader echoed the theme, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader.
COVID vaccines are the most effective tool we have to protect ourselves and our community from this virus,” Sununu said.
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In his own words, House Majority Leader Jason Osborne framed it this way, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.
It is insulting to all of us that the Biden administration believes we are not smart enough, or informed enough, to make our own health care decisions
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Republican leaders cast the federal requirement, issued through the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration, as an intrusion on the decisions of employers and workers. They paired the court challenge with a pledge to advance 2022 legislation aimed at blocking enforcement of the mandate, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.
The coordinated response put the state on two tracks at once, joining the legal challenge while preparing legislation for the next session. Osborne and other leaders framed the effort as a defense of the right of Granite Staters to make their own health care decisions, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.
The lawsuit aligned New Hampshire with a coalition of states contesting the requirement issued through the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports. Leaders said the combination of the lawsuit and pending legislation reflected a determination to push back against the federal requirement on every available front.
Read the full story at the New Hampshire Union Leader.
