This Group Is Suing Biden Administration Over Vaccine Mandates

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🗓️ 6 October 2021

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Small businesses around the country are attempting to bounce back from the devastating effects of the pandemic. But vaccine mandates imposed by the Biden administration, critics say, threaten to crater the progress made by small companies just as they’re starting to get back on their feet.

Alfredo Ortiz is president and CEO of Job Creators Network, an organization representing small businesses that is suing the Biden administration over its vaccine mandates.

"[Small businesses] were the ones that really particularly got hit hard," Ortiz says. "[W]hen we all look back now, it looks like big businesses just continue to get bigger, but our small businesses just really suffered."

"Whether it was mandate regulations in terms of the masks, whether it was seating arrangements, capacity, I mean you name it. They were just getting hit hard left and right," he says.

Ortiz joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to talk about that lawsuit and the impact of government policies on small businesses.

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0:00.0	And I'm Doug Blair. Small businesses around the country are attempting to bounce back
0:15.8	from the devastating effects of the pandemic, but vaccine mandates imposed by the Biden administration
0:21.6	threatened to crater the progress made by small companies just as they're starting to get
0:25.6	back on their feet. Alfredo Ortiz is the president and CEO at Job Creators Network,
0:30.9	an organization representing small businesses that is currently suing the Biden administration
0:35.7	over its vaccine mandates. He joins the show to talk about that lawsuit and what impact government
0:41.0	policies have had on small businesses. And don't forget, if you enjoy listening to this podcast,
0:46.8	please be sure to leave a serve you or a five star rating on Apple podcasts and encourage
0:51.5	others to subscribe. And now on to today's top news.
1:04.0	Debates over K-12 education are heating up. On Monday, Attorney General Merrick Garland
1:10.1	ordered the FBI and federal prosecutors to meet with federal, state, and local leaders in each
1:16.4	federal judicial district across the country. What is the purpose of these meetings? To look into
1:23.0	what Garland says is a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence being
1:30.2	made against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff. The announcement of the investigation
1:37.0	comes less than a week after the National School Board's Association asked President Joe Biden
1:42.3	for assistance looking into whether threats against school board members and other school leaders
1:48.4	could be classified as domestic terrorism. The meetings between the federal, state, and local
1:54.2	leaders are to take place within the next 30 days. Garland says the meetings will open dedicated
2:00.2	lines of communication for threat reporting, assessment, and response. Garland also said the
2:07.1	Justice Department plans to announce a series of measures in the coming days to address the rise
2:12.2	of criminal conduct directed towards school personnel.
2:16.5	Prominent Republicans, including Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri and Florida Governor Ron
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