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Senator Huizenga urges repeal of 'tipped wage' mandates, warns of effects on service workers and small restaurants
Summary
Senator Huizenga used floor time on Feb. 11 to call for repeal of recently proposed tipped‑wage mandates, saying the change threatens tens of thousands of service workers and many small restaurants and urging bipartisan action before a Feb. 21 deadline.
Senator Huizenga told the chamber on Feb. 11 that the Senate has "less than 3 weeks" to act to repeal what he described as "radical tipped wage mandates," warning the measures could harm service industry workers and small businesses.
"The Senate has less than 3 weeks to repeal the radical tipped wage mandates and to avoid catastrophic harm to 50,000 service industry workers and 20% of small businesses," Huizenga said, addressing colleagues and describing conversations he said he had with workers and small‑business owners in his district.
Huizenga offered two personal anecdotes from constituents who were in the gallery (identified in his remarks as Isabelle and Don) to illustrate potential impacts on individual workers and long‑standing family restaurants. He urged colleagues to set aside partisanship and act before a Feb. 21 deadline he mentioned on the floor.
The remarks were delivered as a floor statement; the transcript records no immediate motion, committee referral, or roll‑call vote connected to the statement. No bill number or specific statutory language for repeal was offered during the remarks recorded in the transcript.
Notes: Huizenga requested that his remarks be printed in the journal.
