[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 56 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   ABANDON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RULE

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, today, I call upon the Trump 
administration to abandon the drastic Biden-Harris 14(c) rule. The 
14(c) rule is with regard to allowing certain people with handicaps to 
work for under minimum wage.
  I have toured many work centers or shelter workshops in my district 
in which people who have different abilities are allowed to work--maybe 
they have spina bifida, maybe Down's Syndrome. I know a guy who is an 
outright quadriplegic. They are allowed to work for under minimum wage.
  They usually get some other sort of Federal subsidy, SSI or 
something, but by being allowed to work in these places, they are able 
to supplement their income. They have the dignity of work. They have 
the socialization of somebody outside of their families.
  I strongly encourage the Trump administration to abandon the drastic 
Biden-Harris 14(c) rule, and I encourage all of my colleagues in the 
U.S. Congress to tour some of their own shelter workshops, where you 
can see how valuable they are in the life of people who are given a 
little bit less than some of us in some ways to live their lives.

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