Whereas, The Head Start Mandate serves no public health purpose and will result in resistance, not compliance. The continued use of oppressive policies, such as mandates, in the face of another COVID-19 variant and the third year of the Pandemic reveals that the policy’s true purpose is control rather than public health. Such policies are particularly alarming and destructive when directed at our nation’s young children; and
Whereas, Despite the Head Start Mandate’s dubious legality, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel have continued to acquiesce to the Biden Administration’s intrusion upon our state’s sovereign lawmaking authority and refused to stand up for the rule of law. To date, two federal courts have enjoined enforcement of the Head Start Mandate, effectively prohibiting its enforcement in the twenty‑five states that challenged the mandate. As a result, federal mandates that are not currently effective only a few miles away in the State of Ohio continue to be imposed upon Michiganders; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate, That we condemn President Biden’s authoritarian Head Start Vaccine and Mask Mandate; and be it further
Resolved, That we call upon Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel to join those leaders who have filed suit to protect the interests of their states and citizens and pursue all available avenues to stop enforcement of President Biden’s unlawful Head Start Mandate and all other recent instances of egregious federal overreach; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, the Director of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Governor, and the Attorney General.
Pending the order that, under rule 3.204, the resolution be referred to the Committee on Government Operations,
Senator Lauwers moved that the rule be suspended.
The motion prevailed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor.
The question being on the adoption of the resolution,
Senator Lauwers requested the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor.
The resolution was adopted, a majority of the members voting therefor, as follows: