Issa to Defense Secretary Austin: Immediately Halt Punishing Servicemembers Through Your Vaccine Mandate
Calls on Pentagon Chief to “Choose duty, honor, and country over divisive, partisan politics.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) disclosed a letter he wrote to Defense Secretary Austin calling for an immediate halt to enforcement actions of the military vaccine mandate, which will be prohibited 30 days after the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act that has now passed both the House and Senate.
In the letter, Rep. Issa wrote: “Thousands of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and guardsmen – and their families – have been negatively impacted by this harmful and divisive policy. There has also been generational damage done, the full extent of which is not yet known. You can begin to repair the damage that has been done by reinstating those who wish to return to service after being forced out because of refusing the vaccine. I urge you, at this crossroads, to choose duty, honor, and country over divisive, partisan politics.”
Also last week, Rep. Issa stated that the pending rollback of the mandate was insufficient and “The Pentagon can’t repeal this terrible idea without a commitment to repair for the damage it has done.”
Read Congressman Issa's letter HERE.
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Darrell Issa is the Representative of California’s 50th Congressional District. The District encompasses the central and northeastern parts of San Diego County and a portion of Riverside County, including the communities of Fallbrook, San Marcos, Valley Center, Ramona, Escondido, Santee, Lakeside, El Cajon, Temecula, and the mountain and desert areas of the San Diego-Imperial County line. Issa served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2011-2015.