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Sept. 29, 2021, 8:18 PM

GOP Lawmakers Demand OSHA Suspend Vaccination Mandate ‘Scheme’

Bruce Rolfsen
Bruce Rolfsen
Reporter

Republican House lawmakers with oversight of OSHA are calling for the agency to suspend its work writing an emergency temporary standard that would require Covid-19 vaccinations or weekly testing for 80 million workers.

“This scheme not only passes the buck to workers and job creators, but it also creates massive uncertainty, costs, and liabilities for many employers,” 23 GOP members of the House Education and Labor Committee said in their letter Wednesday to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh.

Representatives from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the agency had ...

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