Refuse to comply with any OSHA vaccine mandate that forces employees to be vaccinated against their will.

Andrew Ogles · Tennessee · Republican

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.95 extraction confidence 98%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

the county government “will not comply with any OSHA mandate that forces an employee to be vaccinated against their will.”

Ogles says Maury County will not comply with an OSHA vaccine mandate that would require employees to be vaccinated.

Maury County ‘will not comply’ with OSHA vaccine mandate, mayor says - Andy Ogles
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Evidence

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The press release quotes Ogles saying servicemembers have been stripped of pay and rank for refusing a hastily-approved experimental vaccine, and frames his COVID-era stance as part of his broader agenda.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official House release shows Ogles publicly aligned himself with opposition to vaccine mandates and defended service members punished for vaccine refusal, but it is not direct proof of an OSHA-specific compliance refusal in the lookback window.

partial same_term

Rep. Ogles Proposes Amending the 22nd Amendment to Allow Trump to Serve a Third Term
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Congress.gov states the bill would prohibit DOD from issuing any COVID-19 vaccine mandate as a replacement for the rescinded mandate and prevent adverse action against members for failure to receive the vaccine; Ogles is listed among the cosponsors in the Congressional Record history for the bill.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is a concrete legislative step by Ogles in the same Congress to block COVID vaccine mandates, showing active opposition to mandate enforcement rather than abandonment of the position.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.511 - AMERICANS Act
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 73%

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OSHA withdrew the November 5, 2021 Vaccination and Testing ETS effective January 26, 2022, after the Supreme Court stayed the rule on January 13, 2022.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official OSHA Federal Register record shows the OSHA vaccine-or-test emergency standard was ended before Ogles began House service, and by court/agency action rather than by Ogles refusing compliance or legislating against OSHA.

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COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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GovInfo lists Andrew Ogles as a cosponsor of H.R. 511, a bill to provide remedies to Armed Forces members discharged or subject to adverse action under the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is concrete same-term anti-vaccine-mandate legislative activity by Ogles, but it concerns the military vaccine mandate, not an OSHA employee mandate or a direct refusal to comply with OSHA.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 511 (IH) - Allowing Military Exemptions, Recognizing Individual Concerns About New Shots Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

The OSHA COVID-19 vaccine-or-test ETS was withdrawn on January 26, 2022, before Ogles began serving in the House, and there is no evidence that Ogles personally or officially refused to comply with an OSHA vaccine mandate or caused the OSHA mandate to end. During his House term, he did materially align with opposition to COVID vaccine mandates and cosponsored legislation addressing military vaccine-mandate harms, but that was not OSHA-specific and did not deliver the exact promised refusal outcome. This supports partial credit for same-term anti-mandate effort, not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 79%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term

Ogles clearly maintained and acted on an anti-COVID-vaccine-mandate position during his House term, including public statements and cosponsorship of legislation aimed at blocking military vaccine mandates. But the promise was specifically about refusing compliance with an OSHA vaccine mandate, and the provided evidence does not show an OSHA-specific refusal, a bill targeting OSHA, or that Ogles directly caused the mandate’s defeat. Any end of the OSHA mandate was driven mainly by courts and executive actors, not by his own deliverable action. That supports partial credit for aligned advocacy, not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 79%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

The record provided does not show Ogles actually refused compliance with an OSHA vaccine mandate or delivered an OSHA-specific policy outcome. However, in federal office he publicly opposed COVID vaccine mandates and cosponsored legislation to block DOD COVID vaccine mandates and adverse actions for refusal, which is a material same-term effort aligned with the promise's anti-mandate substance but outside the OSHA-specific commitment. This supports partial credit, not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 71%