Whereas, The mandate will exacerbate the hiring challenges that many businesses are already facing. Employers are already experiencing significant resource and workforce shortages that will only be made worse by adding additional requirements that limit the number of workers available; and
Whereas, President Biden’s dictate is not grounded in science and does not address the significant COVID‑19 protections acquired by natural immunity. Any policy ignoring science in favor of oppressive mandates reveals the true purpose of that policy is control rather than public health. This directive serves no public health purpose and will result in resistance, not compliance; and
Whereas, To date, at least 27 states have filed legal challenges or expressly stated an intention to push back against President Biden’s reckless government overreach. Resistance to the federal mandate by state leaders has been bipartisan, as three states with Democratic governors – Kansas, Kentucky, and Louisiana – have joined the lawsuits. However, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel have thus far acquiesced to President Biden’s intrusion upon our state’s sovereignty and policymaking process; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate, That we condemn President Biden’s authoritarian decision to impose vaccine requirements on private employers; 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 their citizens and pursue all available avenues to challenge President Biden’s unlawful mandate; and
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, the Governor, and the Attorney General.
The substitute was adopted.
The question being on the adoption of the resolution as substituted,
The President, Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist, resumed the Chair.
Senator Lauwers requested the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor.
The resolution as substituted was adopted, a majority of the members voting therefor, as follows: