Congressional Republicans have whipped together a unified front in opposition to President Biden's federal mask mandates for students in the Head Start program.
The letter, spearheaded by New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, demands theorder the Administration for Children and Families to cease all mask mandates nationwide.
"Young children should never have been forced to wear masks, as they are at the least risk of serious complications from COVID-19 and could suffer the greatest developmental harm from having their faces covered," Stefanik's letter reads."Yet your administration’s authoritarian drive to impose mask and vaccine mandates on the American people included the issuing of a rule which requires universal masking in Head Start programs for all individuals aged 2 years and older.
"While you attempt to declare victory over the pandemic, it is unconscionable that your administration continues to impose its harmful mask mandate on 2-year-old children who participate in Head Start," the letter concludes."We urge you to fix this immediately and direct ACF to rescind the rule mandating masks for Head Start participants.""Toddlers should never have been forced to wear masks.
The letter boasts strong support from Republican lawmakers and is co-signed by Reps. Virginia Foxx, Madison Cawthorn, Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas McClintock, Brian Mast, Guy Reschenthaler, Chris Jacobs, Cliff Bentz, Lisa McClain, Jake LaTurner, Beth Van Duyne, Lee Zeldin, Michelle Steel, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Ralph Norman, Rick Allen, John Moolenaar, John Rutherford, GT Thompson, Jason Smith, Dusty Johnson, Warren Davidson, Darrell Issa, and Tim Walberg.
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