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    Several Republican members of Congress wrote a letter to President Biden expressing concerns about vaccine mandates and liability protections for vaccine manufacturers. They argue that mandating vaccines while providing immunity for manufacturers is unjust. They ask Biden to rescind mandates and provide clarity on the liability status of COVID vaccines, including any plans to change liability protections. In total, 19 members of Congress signed the letter.

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    Several Republican members of Congress wrote a letter to President Biden expressing concerns about vaccine mandates and liability protections for vaccine manufacturers. They argue that mandating vaccines while providing immunity for manufacturers is unjust. They ask Biden to rescind mandates and provide clarity on the liability status of COVID vaccines, including any plans to change liability protections. In total, 19 members of Congress signed the letter.

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    December 20, 2021

    President Joseph R. Biden


    The White House
    1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
    Washington, D.C. 20500

    Dear President Biden,


    We write to you regarding a matter of public health policy and to raise concerns about the
    current vaccine mandate. Your Administration seeks to implement broad sweeping vaccine
    mandates while providing little relief for people who may be adversely affected.
    You have taken unprecedented actions in mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for private
    companies and their employees, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services healthcare workers,
    federal workers and contractors, and members of our Armed Forces. Fortunately, these
    Constitutionally dubious mandates are being met with court injunctions. However, such a
    mandate still raises many concerns as to the ethics of the federal government requiring a vaccine
    which receives special liability protections normally afforded to developing drugs, financially
    benefiting the vaccine manufacturers.
    In March 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services invoked the PREP Act in
    issuing the Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for
    Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19.1 This declaration extended legal liability
    immunity to covered persons and otherwise risky or experimental countermeasures to combat
    pandemics and diseases. Covered persons include vaccine manufacturers and grants them almost
    total legal liability immunity allowing Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson to shirk almost
    all legal responsibility from any damages related to the vaccine. The only exception is in
    extremely rare cases of “willful misconduct" by a covered person.2 Should someone have a
    severe adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine, their only recourse would be through the
    Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP).

    1
    https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/17/2020-05484/declaration-under-the-public-readiness-
    and-emergency-preparedness-act-for-medical-countermeasures
    2
    https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section247d-6d&num=0&edition=prelim
    It is utterly unjust to the American people to not only use the coercive arm of the government to
    force vaccines upon them, but to then provide little legal recourse for damages should they be
    adversely affected. It is our belief that in the face of such mandates, the American people should
    be entitled to greater legal recourse to recoup damages brought on by the federal government.
    We urge you to rescind your current vaccine mandates and request you address the following
    questions to provide clarity as to the liability status of such vaccines.
    1. Now that a major COVID-19 vaccine has received FDA approval, are there any plans to
    rescind the current PREP Act declaration?

    2. What criteria must be satisfied to rescind the current PREP Act declaration before its
    October 2024 expiration date? How are these criteria decided upon?

    3. Are you aware of any plans to move COVID-19 vaccine liability protections to the
    Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and away from the Countermeasure Injury
    Compensation Program?
    Our constituents oppose this vaccine mandate and are asking why the manufacturers of FDA-
    approved vaccines still benefit from special liability protections intended for experimental
    countermeasures. Your answers to the questions above will bring clarity to this issue. Thank you
    in advance for your kind attention to this request.

    God Bless,

    Michael Cloud Jeff Duncan


    Member of Congress Member of Congress

    Bill Posey Dan Bishop


    Member of Congress Member of Congress

    Lauren Boebert Doug Lamborn


    Member of Congress Member of Congress
    Ronny L. Jackson Scott Perry
    Member of Congress Member of Congress

    Marjorie Taylor Greene Andy Biggs


    Member of Congress Member of Congress

    Debbie Lesko Doug LaMalfa


    Member of Congress Member of Congress

    Louie Gohmert Chip Roy


    Member of Congress Member of Congress

    Vicky Hartzler Matthew Rosendale Sr.


    Member of Congress Member of Congress

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