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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>
<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 ATTORNEY GENERAL LAWRENCE WASDEN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;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 26, 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:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Idaho victorious in ending Biden’s OSHA emergency vaccine mandate<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden hailed the termination of the Biden Administration’s emergency vaccine mandate on private businesses
today, a successful outcome to Idaho and 26 other states’ legal challenges.<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">The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) withdrew its emergency rule today requiring businesses with 100 or more employees to require the COVID-19 vaccine
or test regularly, a decision that follows </span><a href="https://gov.idaho.gov/pressrelease/idaho-leaders-demand-osha-vaccine-mandate-rule-withdrawal-after-scotus-blocked-implementation/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Idaho
leaders’ demand last week</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> for the agency to withdraw the emergency rule and the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling earlier this month blocking the rule from taking effect.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“Biden’s attempts to fast track a vaccine mandate on America’s workforce failed. Idaho prevailed in our fight to protect the rights of
Idaho workers from Biden’s illegal vaccine mandate on private businesses. The news that the Biden Administration withdrew the emergency mandate puts an exclamation point on the states’ hard-fought legal battle to uphold state sovereignty and protect Americans
from an overreaching federal government. We remain vigilant and continue to work for Idahoans to guard against future government overreach,”
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Governor Little and Attorney General Wasden said.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></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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