Stefanik, congressional Republicans hammer Biden for ‘mask mandate on toddlers’ in Head Start programs

FIRST ON FOX: Congressional Republicans have whipped collectively a unified entrance in opposition to President Biden’s ongoing federal masks mandates for college students within the Head Begin program.

The letter, spearheaded by New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, calls for the White Home order the Administration for Youngsters and Households (ACF) to stop all masks mandates nationwide. 

The letter cites the February resolution by the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention to revise masks tips for indoor actions for almost all of the nation because of declining charges of COVID-19 an infection. 

Following the CDC’s steerage, the ACF communicated to officers in Head Begin – a free early childhood schooling program for low-income households – that they might not be evaluating masks mandate compliance. Nevertheless, the messaging got here with out giving a transparent finish of the mandates, and lots of Head Begin applications throughout the nation proceed to implement the masks rule.

“Younger kids ought to by no means have been compelled to put on masks, as they’re at least threat of significant issues from COVID-19 and will undergo the best developmental hurt from having their faces coated,” Stefanik’s letter reads. “But your administration’s authoritarian drive to impose masks and vaccine mandates on the American folks included the issuing of a rule which requires common masking in Head Begin applications for all people aged 2 years and older.”

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“Whilst you try and declare victory over the pandemic, it’s unconscionable that your administration continues to impose its dangerous masks mandate on 2-year-old kids who take part in Head Begin,” the letter concludes. “We urge you to repair this instantly and direct ACF to rescind the rule mandating masks for Head Begin contributors.”

Masks mandates for youngsters have led to political backlash towards Democrats throughout the nation. 
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“Toddlers ought to by no means have been compelled to put on masks. Joe Biden’s administration is failing to acknowledge the science and protecting compelled masks mandates on younger kids in Head Begin applications on the expense of their improvement. I’m calling on Joe Biden to reverse this mistaken and dangerous coverage extra rooted in politics than science,” Stefanik informed Fox Information in an unique assertion.

“Joe Biden should put kids above politics, and let dad and mom determine what’s greatest for his or her kids,” she added.

The letter boasts sturdy help from Republican lawmakers and is co-signed by Reps. Virginia Foxx, Madison Cawthorn, Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas McClintock, Brian Mast, Man Reschenthaler, Chris Jacobs, Cliff Bentz, Lisa McClain, Jake LaTurner, Beth Van Duyne, Lee Zeldin, Michelle Metal, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Ralph Norman, Rick Allen, John Moolenaar, John Rutherford, GT Thompson, Jason Smith, Dusty Johnson, Warren Davidson, Darrell Issa, and Tim Walberg.