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Message to the Unvaccinated

Even if I were fully vaccinated, I would admire the unvaccinated for withstanding the greatest pressure I have ever seen, even from partners, parents, children, friends, colleagues, and doctors. People who were capable of such personal courage and critical ability are undoubtedly the best of humanity. They are everywhere, in all ages, levels of education, […]

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Don’t Comply With Vaccine Passports

In 2021, Governor Little signed an Executive Order (EO) “banning any State of Idaho governmental entity from requiring so-called “vaccine passports” – or proof of COVID-19 vaccination for citizens to receive public services or access facilities”, but other than state services there is no protection. HB 155 intends to reinforce this EO into law but […]

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An Open Letter to My U.S. Senator Re Abortion, Rights, and Our Own Bodies

Dear Senator Murray: In a recent email to your constituents addressing what you call the “right to abortion,” you ask, “do you support a woman’s right to make her own decisions about her own body?” I regret that I cannot answer that question with the simple “yes” or “no” requested as the way it is […]

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The New Normal?

As we all try to venture back to a normal life after two years of our government instilling fear into every man, women and child on the planet we should have learned many important lesions. The first lesion is don’t trust anything your government officials tell you until you have proof they are telling the […]

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Simpson Absent in Fight Against Federal Vaccine Mandates

Idaho Falls, ID – Once again liberal Mike Simpson is missing in the fight for our freedom. Much like on protecting the unborn, Simpson is one of the few Republican members of Congress not to oppose federal vaccine mandates. An amicus brief was filed by 47 United States Senators and 136 Members of the United […]

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Covid-19 Vaccine: Engineered & Synthesized

Vaccine technology has dramatically shifted from the manipulation of a virus to foster immunity, to now what is called gene therapy. Much concern has been expressed about this new technology, does it change one’s genetic code, what are the long term effects given no long term studies have been done, and since a vaccinated individual […]

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Please Comment on the OSHA “Rule” Mandating COVID Vaccination

Even though the 5th district court of appeals has issued a stay on implementing the OSHA vaccine mandate rule (pending litigation outcomes issued by the 6th district court), I encourage citizens to submit a comment before the December 5, 2021 deadline. Here is the web link to access the rule description and comment form: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/05/2021-23643/covid-19-vaccination-and-testing-emergency-temporary-standard#open-comment […]

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Congressman Fulcher Leads Challenge Against President Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

WASHINGTON, DC— Shortly after the Department of Labor announced their rule mandating vaccines for businesses with over 100 employees, Congressman Fulcher and his Republican colleagues in the Education and Labor Committee led the effort to introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) to nullify OSHA’s new emergency temporary standard mandating vaccines for private sector employers. The […]

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You Will Get Vaccinated

On November 15, 2021 the Idaho House of Representatives will reconvene to discuss the federal government Covid-19 vaccine mandate which is now temporarily blocked by a federal appeals court. However, this mandate has now been extended to include health care workers who provide care to Medicaid and Medicare recipients that will add to the devastating […]

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Congressman Fulcher Takes Continued Action Against the Biden Administration’s Vaccine Mandates

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Department of Labor announced a rule that will mandate vaccines for businesses with more than 100 employees. The legally dubious Emergency Temporary Standard from OSHA comes at a time when employers are struggling to hire workers, which has reverberated throughout the economy and resulted in the current supply chain crisis. […]

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Op-Ed Vaccine Mandates Should Be Banned

Idaho’s Legislature will resume the session on November 15th. My most sincere hope is for the Legislature to pass a bill to protect Idahoans from big corporations and “special-interest science.” Our elected leaders need to make vaccine-mandates illegal! We are inundated with hordes of subject matter experts who are so arrogant in their beliefs they […]

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Congressman Fulcher Leads Discussion on Supply Chain Impacts of Federal Vaccine Mandate

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a joint subcommittee hearing on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) likely unlawful federal vaccine mandate:  “There’s no way around it. President Biden’s vaccine mandate is bad for workers, it’s bad […]

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