Standstill on the Hill; Vaccines, Mandates, and Workplace Rights

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🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The House has once again delayed a planned vote to advance two key proposals that make up President Joe Biden’s economic agenda. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) and Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) discuss the path forward for an infrastructure deal and a budget resolution. Major companies – from Walt Disney to Walmart – have already mandated Covid-19 vaccines for some or all of their employees, and now that the FDA has granted the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine full approval, more businesses are poised to follow suit. John Ho, co-chair of the OSHA-workplace safety practice at Cozen O’Connor, discusses whether employers can mandate coronavirus vaccines and if they had the legal authority to do so. Plus, an NFT of a rock just sold for 400 ether, or about $1.3 million, and CNBC’s Eamon Javers swaps movie recommendations--and quotes--with Joe Kernen.

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:04.0	This is Squawk Pod. I'm C NBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:08.0	Today on our podcast, down to the wire on President Biden's legislative agenda, the House stuck without the
0:14.6	vital spending plan in place. Budget Committee Chair Democrat John Yarmouth.
0:18.8	When the Biden administration released it, they didn't call it infrastructure, and they represented, I think,
0:24.3	a visionary approach to what this country needs to make sure that a generation of two from now,
0:30.0	we have a viable society and economy. And ranking member Republican Jason Smith.
0:35.0	This three and a half trillion dollar spending package is nothing but a disaster.
0:39.0	Right now we're facing four major crises in this country.
0:42.0	This piece of legislation only makes all of
0:45.5	those four even worse. And full approval for Pfizer's COVID vaccine means what exactly
0:52.1	for employees, workplace attorney John Ho?
0:54.6	In some sense it's it's that simple but in in operational reality it's a very
0:59.4	challenging very individualized assessment.
1:02.7	Those stories plus, NFTs a stone's throw
1:05.6	from the mainstream, and we try to keep things in line.
1:09.0	People talking in my ear right now
1:10.4	are saying we've got to move on with this segment,
1:12.0	so let me do that. to offer a watch list.
1:14.4	It's the end of movie minute with Aemon.
1:17.1	It's Tuesday August 24th 2021.
1:20.0	Squawk Pod begins right now.
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