Republican leaders again call on Gov. Jay Inslee to fully reopen the state

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Republican leaders again call on Gov. Jay Inslee to fully reopen the state
House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox and Senate Republican Leader John Braun released the following statement today:
“We are calling on Governor Inslee to fully reopen the state immediately. He had left the door open to a reopening before June 30, and we viewed June 15 as a more appropriate target. Now, with vaccination rates continuing to increase, new CDC guidance and other states showing the way, we no longer see a need to wait two more weeks, and certainly not another month. The time to move our state forward is now. Washingtonians want to return to a sense of normalcy and businesses need more certainty as they attempt to recover.
“It is also time for the governor to end the state of emergency he declared nearly 460 days ago – and with it, the executive-branch overreach and controversial mandates, like the recent proof-of-vaccination decision from Labor and Industries. Our families, employers and workers deserve better. Unfortunately, the failure of legislative Democrats to even consider emergency-powers reform has led us to where we are at today. The only solution left now is for the emergency to be over.”
For more information:
- Republican leaders say end state of emergency, fully reopen before June 30 | May 13, 2021
- May 10 letter to Governor Jay Inslee
- House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox's statement on Gov. Jay Inslee's two-week pause on phases | May 5, 2021
- Legislative Republicans: Emergency power reform not about the governor – it's about the people | April 21, 2021
- Washington House Republicans push for a vote on emergency powers reform bill | April 15, 2021
- No counties should be moving backward, say legislative Republican leaders | April 12, 2021
- Statement from House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox on Gov. Jay Inslee's Phase 3 announcement | March 11, 2021
- Republicans release “Open Safe, Open Now” plan | March 4, 2021
- Statement from House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox on no Phase 3 being identified for Gov. Jay Inslee's Healthy Washington - Roadmap to Recovery plan | February 26, 2021
- Statement from House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox on the passage of Senate Concurrent Resolution 8402 today | January 15, 2021
- Statement from House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox and Senate Republican Leader John Braun on Gov. Jay Inslee's “Healthy Washington – Roadmap to Recovery” | January 5, 2021
- Republican lawmakers step up with plan for safe restart of economy | April 17, 2020