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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on August 13, 2021, 01:39:03 pm
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House Democrat Introduces Bill to Ban Unvaccinated Americans from Flights
Spencer Brown
Posted: Aug 13, 2021 8:45 AM
Congressman Ritchie Torres, a freshman Democrat representing the Bronx, is pushing a mandate that would prohibit Americans from flying within the United States if they are eligible for a Wuhan coronavirus vaccine but choose to abstain.
Torres introduced H.R.4980 this month "to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that any individual traveling on a flight that departs from or arrives to an airport inside the United States or a territory of the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19."
"The TSA never allows people to enter planes or airports with a weapon, and the delta variant is a weapon,” Torres explained when asked about his mandate bill, adding “It is a threat to everyone in an airport and everyone on a plane.”
Text for the mandate still has not been received by Congress.gov, but Torres' bill cites Article I, Section 8 as its constitutional authority and Torres has been clear about what he wants to see the federal government do to prevent unvaccinated Americans from traveling by plane.
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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2021/08/13/democrat-rep-introduces-bill-banning-unvaccinated-air-travel-n2594094