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>> it is extraordinary, stephanie, to look across the landscape and hear what you would imagine to be people who would have been against a mandate, you know, in other areas of business, wanting hands off of their business when it comes to the federal government, in this case really expressing disappointment that the vaccine mandate wont go forward, simply because in the words of one ceo it would have leveled the playing field, forcing every company to basically do it the same way. i spoke to the...

Had to bring in others to talk about the rules. >> reporter: and now this is occupied by all sorts of businesses, including one that has really found the new post-mandate world to be a complicated one. columbia sportswear. mountain hardware has the headquarters here. the workers in the corporate offices are required by the employer to be vaccinated. the retail next door employees are not. the state and local laws prevent an employer from mandaing vaccines. the ceo said he would not want the fede...