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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:1.2pt">OFFICE OF GOVERNOR BRAD LITTLE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:1.2pt">NEWS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">January 13, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Little, Wasden praise win on OSHA vaccine mandate strike down at U.S. Supreme Court</span></u></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(Boise, Idaho) –
<span style="color:black;background:white">Governor Brad Little and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden issued the following joint statement praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today striking down President Joe Biden’s overreaching OSHA vaccine mandate on
private businesses with 100 or more employees. The Court narrowly upheld Biden’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, which affects 17 million Americans at facilities that use the M</span>edicare and Medicaid system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">“Idaho was quick to join other states in challenging Biden’s unprecedented government overreach into the lives
of 84 million American workers with his OSHA vaccine mandate on private business. The states’ actions led to the highest Court’s ruling today upholding Americans’ freedoms, and it affirms our position that the government cannot wield such power in private
sector decisions. Living in a capitalist society means giving businesses the independence to manage their workers as they see fit. We are disappointed the Court narrowly upheld Biden’s vaccine mandate on healthcare workers because it intensifies a problem
confronting our country – we already have a short supply of healthcare workers available to handle the pandemic. We will continue to hold the line on our third lawsuit challenging Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors, which for now is stayed in
the courts, and we will remain vigilant and aggressive in defending Idahoans and Idaho businesses from future attempts at federal overreach in whatever form,” Governor Little and Attorney General Wasden said.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">MEDIA CONTACTS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Scott Graf, Office of the Attorney General, 208-334-4112 or
</span><a href="mailto:Scott.Graf@ag.idaho.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Scott.Graf@ag.idaho.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Marissa Morrison Hyer, Office of the Governor, 208-943-1686 or
</span><a href="mailto:Marissa.Morrison@gov.idaho.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Marissa.Morrison@gov.idaho.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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