A list of Republican Representatives who voted yea/aye with their contact phone number is located below the article.
Earlier this week, 80 House Republicans joined Democrats in voting to support the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act, which would fund a government vaccination database if enacted by the Senate and signed into law.
According to Breitbart, the bill, also known as H. R. 550, intends to spend $400 million on an “immunization system data modernization and expansion,” which is defined as “a confidential, population-based, computerized database that records immunization doses administered by any health care provider to persons within the geographic area covered by that database.”
The text discusses expanding the CDC’s and Public Health Department’s powers and the opportunity for state and local health departments and public and private health care institutions to provide health data to the federal government.
The bill’s primary sponsor, New Hampshire Democrat Representative Ann Kuster, claims the system is meant to “remind patients when they are due for a recommended vaccine, and identify areas with low vaccination rates to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines.” The bill has four Republican co-sponsors, Representatives Larry Bucshon and James Baird of Indiana, David McKinley of West Virginia, and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, and has unanimous support from Democrats.
Representative Mary Miller of Illinois, one of 130 Republicans to vote “no,” told Breitbart that the bill would allow the federal government to “track” unvaccinated Americans who would then be “targeted and forced to comply with Biden’s crazy ‘global vaccination’ vision.” Miller went on to say:
“These systems are designed to allow for the sharing of crucial information and maintenance of records. Do we really trust the government to protect our medical records? The bill’s author even bragged in her press release that these systems will help the government remind patients when they are due for a recommended vaccine and identify areas with low vaccination rates to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines. This was clearly a legislative tool to enforce vaccine mandates and force their Orwellian rules onto those who do not comply.”
Additionally, Miller pointed out that the bill allows the federal government to provide blue states with millions of dollars in public funding to enforce vaccination mandates. The government could also offer grants and cooperation agreements to health departments or other local governmental agencies that agree to follow the CDC’s new data gathering criteria.
Representative Byron Donalds of Florida said that “Democrats’ habitual pattern of reckless and wasteful spending” was his reason for voting “no” on the bill. Donalds believes the bill would increase the federal government’s authority and encroach on individual liberties. He explained, “This legislation would unnecessarily appropriate millions of taxpayer funds intended to expand bureaucracy in Washington. A database solely created to record and collect confidential vaccination information of Americans explicitly encroaches upon individuals’ fundamental right to medical privacy.”
Republicans who voted Yea/Aye:
Alabama
- Jerry Carl Phone: (202) 225-4931
- Gary Palmer Phone: (202) 225-4921
- Mike Rogers Phone: (202) 225-3261
Alaska
- Don Young Phone: (202) 225-5765
Arizona
- Debbie Lesko Phone: (202) 225-4576
- David Schweikert Phone: (202) 225-2190
Arkansas
- J. Hill Phone: (202) 225-2506
- Bruce Westerman Phone: (202) 225-3772
- Steve Womack Phone: (202) 225-4301
California
- Young Kim Phone: (202) 225-4111
- Kevin McCarthy Phone: (202) 225-2915
Florida
- Gus Bilirakis Phone: (202) 225-5755
- Mario Diaz-Balart Phone: (202) 225-4211
- Neal Dunn Phone: (202) 225-5235
- Carlos Gimenez Phone: (202) 225-2778
- Maria Salazar Phone: (202) 225-3931
Georgia
- Earl “Buddy” Carter Phone: (202) 225-5831
Illinois
- Rodney Davis Phone: (202) 225-2371
- Adam Kinzinger Phone: (202) 225-3635
- Darin LaHood Phone: (202) 225-6201
Indiana
- James R. Baird Phone: (202) 225-5037
- Jim Banks Phone: (202) 225-4436
- Larry Bucshon Phone: (202) 225-4636
- Greg Pence Phone: (202) 225-3021
Iowa
- Ashley Hinson Phone: (202) 225-2911
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks Phone: (202) 225-6576
Kentucky
- Andy Barr Phone: (202) 225-4706
- James Comer Phone: (202) 225-3115
- Brett Guthrie Phone: (202) 225-3501
- Harold Rogers Phone: (202) 225-4601
Louisiana
- Julia Letlow Phone: (202) 225-8490
Michigan
- Bill Huizenga Phone: (202) 225-4401
- Lisa McClain Phone: (202) 225-2106
- Peter Meijer Phone: (202) 225-3831
- Fred Upton Phone: (202) 225-3761
Minnesota
- Pete Stauber Phone: (202) 225-6211
Mississippi
- Steven Palazzo Phone: (202) 225-5772
Missouri
- Sam Graves Phone: (202) 225-7041
- Billy Long Phone: (202) 225-6536
- Blaine Luetkemeyer Phone: (202) 225-2956
- Ann Wagner Phone: (202) 225-1621
Nebraska
- Don Bacon Phone: (202) 225-4155
- Jeff Fortenberry Phone: (202) 225-4806
New Jersey
- Christopher Smith Phone: (202) 225-3765
New York
- Chris Jacobs Phone: (202) 225-5265
- John Katko Phone: (202) 225-3701
- Tom Reed Phone: (202) 225-3161
North Carolina
- Richard Hudson Phone: (202) 225-3715
- Patrick McHenry Phone: (202) 225-2576
- Gregory Murphy Phone: (202) 225-3415
Ohio
- Anthony Gonzalez Phone: (202) 225-3876
- Bill Johnson Phone: (202) 225-5705
- David P. Joyce Phone: (202) 225-5731
- Michael Turner Phone: (202) 225-6465
- Brad R. Wenstrup Phone: (202) 225-3164
Oklahoma
- Tom Cole Phone: (202) 225-6165
- Frank Lucas Phone: (202) 225-5565
Pennsylvania
- Brian Fitzpatrick Phone: (202) 225-4276
- John Joyce Phone: (202) 225-2431
- Fred Keller Phone: (202) 225-3731
- Guy Reschenthaler Phone: (202) 225-2065
- Lloyd Smucker Phone: (202) 225-2411
- Glenn Thompson Phone: (202) 225-5121
South Carolina
- Joe Wilson Phone: (202) 225-2452
Tennessee
- Charles Fleischmann Phone: (202) 225-3271
- David Kustoff Phone: (202) 225-4714
Texas
- Michael Burgess Phone: (202) 225-7772
- John R. Carter Phone: (202) 225-3864
- Dan Crenshaw Phone: (202) 225-6565
- Tony Gonzales Phone: (202) 225-4511
- Michael T. McCaul Phone: (202) 225-2401
Utah
- John R. Curtis Phone: (202) 225-7751
- Blake D. Moore Phone: (202) 225-0453
- Burgess Owens Phone: (202) 225-3011
- Chris Stewart Phone: (202) 225-9730
Washington
- Jaime Herrera Beutler Phone: (202) 225-3536
- Dan Newhouse Phone: (202) 225-5816
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers Phone: (202) 225-2006
West Virginia
- David McKinley Phone: (202) 225-4172
Wyoming
- Liz Cheney Phone: (202) 225-2311