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Children’s Health Defense (CHD) has reached out to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) on behalf of the public sector workers in the U.S. who were forced out of their jobs because they refused to comply with COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

“We appreciate your bravery in speaking out against government-sponsored censorship, legal indemnity for vaccine manufacturers, and COVID shot mandates,” CHD said in a July 23 letter to Moreno.

CHD cited Moreno’s criticism, during a July 15 U.S. Senate hearing on vaccine injuries, of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate that trapped Americans who “(couldn’t) go to work and make a living” if they didn’t get the shots.

“The north star has got to be medical freedom,” he said.

Also at that hearing, Moreno addressed the need to hold the vaccine industry legally accountable for injuries caused by their products. “The government has decided that this particular industry gets a free pass,” he said. ...

In its letter, CHD asked Moreno to consider three requests to draw attention to the damage inflicted on workers who didn’t comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate:

Work with your Senate colleagues to convene hearings about fired unvaccinated public sector workers and the need to right these wrongs. As you said in the hearing on July 15, “I’m all for going forward, but there has to be a humility of looking backwards over the period of time in COVID and realize that our government did real damage to real people.” We are here to help you in any way we can.

Carry a Senate bill that might help to rectify the damage inflicted upon fired workers during COVID across the nation.

Reach out to the Religious Liberty Commission (RLC) to draw attention to the tens of thousands of religious exemptions to vaccination that were illegally denied through bogus religious exemption evaluation programs around the country during COVID.

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Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) announced Friday that he will introduce legislation to ensure members of Congress share in the pain of the ongoing government shutdown, targeting their paychecks as the standoff continues into its third day.

The measure is titled the Stop Holding Up Taxpayers, Deny Wages On Washington’s Negligence (SHUTDOWN) Act.

It would impose a daily tax on lawmakers’ salaries for every day the government remains shuttered, escalating the financial penalty as the stalemate drags on.

“Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries want to get paid for shutting the government down,” Moreno told Fox News.

“That’s ridiculous. If Congress can’t do the bare minimum, we don’t deserve a paycheck.”

Currently, members of Congress are guaranteed their salaries during a shutdown, unlike federal employees who face furloughs and withheld paychecks.

The Constitution requires compensation for lawmakers, and the 27th Amendment prevents immediate changes to congressional pay.

Moreno’s proposal seeks to sidestep those hurdles by levying a tax rather than directly reducing salaries.

The average lawmaker makes $174,000 annually, with leadership positions earning more.

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) announced Friday that he will introduce legislation to ensure members of Congress share in the pain of the ongoing government shutdown, targeting their paychecks as the standoff continues into its third day.