Speaker Pro Tem Rachelle Smit invites residents to attend her local office hours on Friday, March 21, from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Grove Street Café. Smit’s office hours are an opportunity for constituents to speak directly with their representative and ask questions or share ideas. Grove Street Café is located 370 N. Grove […]

“While this plan is far from perfect, we fought tooth and nail to secure protections for our tipped workers and small businesses,” said Smit, R-Martin. “Senate Democrats didn’t want to do anything. The radical wing of their party was ready to watch tipped workers get laid off and small businesses close, all in the name of so-called ‘fairness.’ House Republicans didn’t let that happen. From day one, we were the adults in the room, and we continued to drag Democrats to the negotiating table until we secured a common-sense solution.”