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Republicans Propose Committee To Oversee, Strike Down Governor’s Health Orders
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers are starting their new session with an issue that dominated much of last year – the governor’s power to issue health orders that legislators might not like.
“One branch of government is not meant to have this breadth of authority for this long without some sort of check or balance on it. And so that’s really what this is seeking to put in place,” McColley said.
He said 23 other states already allow limits.
McColley said he takes COVID seriously but admits he differs with Gov. Mike DeWine on some of his actions. McColley’s bill on business shutdowns was one of two DeWine vetoed last year.
More were proposed but didn’t pass both chambers.