Rep. Issa says military vax mandate rollback in NDAA falls short: 'Can't repeal without repair'

Rep. Darrell Issa told Fox News Digital that the NDAA's provision simply to repeal the vaccine mandate "doesn't go far enough because you can't repeal without repair."

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., told Fox News Digital Tuesday that the NDAA's provision to simply repeal the vaccine mandate "doesn't go far enough, because you can't repeal without repair." He also noted the first issue for the new Republican majority in the House will be to "begin stopping the bleeding, stopping the demoralization" of service members.  Kelly Laco is a politics editor for Fox News Digital.

"The repair has to be reinstating individuals who want to come back, correcting their records, allowing these individuals who have served honorably to be recognized that way," he said, citing an example of a young woman who was accepted into the Naval Academy and would have been a fourth-generation midshipman. However, due to religious beliefs that lead her to refuse the vaccine, she declined to attend the academy over the vaccine mandate.