[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H484]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REINSTATING OUR SERVICEMEMBERS

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, it seems like every day there has been 
such good news coming out of the White House. It is easy to lose track 
of some of the executive orders coming from President Trump, but I 
would like to bring attention to one today.
  Once this executive order is in effect, there is nothing Democrats 
will be able to do to stop it. That is the executive order reinstating 
servicemembers discharged under the military's COVID-19 vaccination 
mandate.
  It is hard to believe that only 4 years ago we had a President who 
was demanding that all our brave servicemembers had to take an 
experimental vaccine, and if they didn't take it, they would be removed 
from the service.
  President Trump has reinstated these folks. President Trump is a 
great man of compassion. He is a man who respects independent thought; 
unlike a lot of people who feel: One guy who went to college told me 
this, so I better do it.
  I know a lot of other people who didn't get the vaccine. They did a 
very good job of researching the vaccine and had solid reasons for not 
getting it. I thank President Trump for reinstating all of our brave 
servicemen who were unfairly forced from the military.

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