80 House Republicans Vote to Pass Bill Funding Federal Vaccine Database

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

 Alaska

Arizona 

Arkansas 

California   

Florida    

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

Louisiana

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Nebraska

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Washington

West Virginia

Wyoming

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