Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio is filing legislation Tuesday that bars the federal government from imposing mask mandates on transit systems or in schools.
Mr. Vance, a Republican, is introducing the Freedom to Breathe Act as a handful of businesses and schools reimpose mask rules because of a surge in COVID-19 cases.
“We tried mask mandates once in this country. They failed to control the spread of respiratory viruses, violated basic bodily freedom and set our fellow citizens against one another,” Mr. Vance, a Republican, said. “This legislation will ensure that no federal bureaucracy, no commercial airline and no public school can impose the misguided policies of the past.”
The legislation also prohibits air carriers, transit authorities and educational institutions from refusing service to people who don’t want to wear masks. Mask rules were ubiquitous during the height of the pandemic but divisive, with fights breaking out in shops and businesses.
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