Tillis: Restaurant workers shouldn't be forced to wash hands after bathroom breaks

Fox News ^ | 2/4/15 | Anon

[DoodleDawg]

Congressional Republicans are challenging several health regulations, with one senator suggesting restaurants shouldn't have to make their employees wash their hands after bathroom visits. Such restaurants would have to prominently disclose their decision, and then would probably would go out of business, said newly elected GOP Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina. But they should have that choice, he said. Tillis raised the issue when speaking Monday to the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington. Restaurant chains such as Starbucks should be able to skip obligatory hand-washing by workers, he said, "as long as they post a sign" and take other steps to alert the public. "Let them decide" such issues, Tillis said, adding: "That's probably one where every business that did that would go out of business. But I think it's good to illustrate the point, that that's the sort of mentality we need to have to reduce the regulatory burden on this country." Tillis defended his point in an interview Tuesday in the Capitol. "Sometimes there are regulations that maybe we want to set a direction, but then let those who are regulated decide whether or not it makes sense," he said. They might pay a huge price, he said, but "they get to make that decision versus government." Tillis' comments came as some Republican presidential hopefuls say parents are justified in sometimes having their children avoid vaccinations generally required for attending school. Vaccinations were not raised at his Monday event. But Tillis said Tuesday, "Vaccinations are important to keeping our kids safe, keeping our schools safe." Tillis, former speaker of the North Carolina House, ousted Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan in November. He played a key role in reducing state taxes and regulations in the state after Republicans took control of the government.

[odawg]

Our newly elected senator, Bill Cassidy, has bravely drawn a line in the sand; he wants to pass a law prohibiting Congressional members from getting free oil paintings, or something like that. That is the hill he has chosen to die on.

[Izzy Dunne]

So, this guy thinks that THIS is why he got elected?

[King_Corey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssktVpcv9WI

Just the look on Jerry’s face here is saying it all!
“Poppie’s a little sloppy”

[CGASMIA68]

How about consuming food prepared by or served by a flamer...You have no idea where those hands were minutes before they came on duty(no pun intended)

[Darksheare]

There was a graphic awhile back that reminded people to wash their hands, otherwise shaking hands would be like shaking each others junk.

[DoodleDawg]

He is talking about regulatory burden.

And suggests replacing one regulation, hand washing, with another regulation, signs about hand washing. So where does that ease the burden?

[Doogle]

"....**EEEEYARF**...hope this clowns eats at Mexican restaurants where they hire new illegals"

[Izzy Dunne]

OK, underneath the horsecrap, he does have a point. But with all the terrorism and Obamacare (but I repeat myself) and economic troubles we have, why pick THIS issue NOW to harp about?

What is it that makes hand-washing the number one priority for him?

[DoodleDawg]

There was a graphic awhile back that reminded people to wash their hands, otherwise shaking hands would be like shaking each others junk.

Ick. That's a mental image I'm going to have a hard time getting rid of.

[FatherofFive]

I wash my hands before I go. And after

Seriously, on the list of problems facing the Republic, this is what they pick as an issue????

[LS]

Well, not really. This is a very, very long-standing tradition in America of something called “Sunshine Laws,” deriving from the Middle Ages and “caveat emptor,” in which it was assumed that if the consumer has information, the consumer will make the right decision. I agree it’s not pure “free market,” but it’s nothing new and was always designed as a consumer friendly process that respected consumers instead of, say, forcing them to buy seat belts.

[C. Edmund Wright]

As long as we’re focused on the “big problems”..........sigh

[DoodleDawg]

What is it that makes hand-washing the number one priority for him?

What makes Beyonce' and Jay-Z such big priorities for Huckabee? The only possible explanation is idiocy.

[MarkRegal05]

Good going, Tillis.

This is the typical flavor of “cray-cray” that libs will point to when trying to lure young and low-info voters.

[God luvs America]

wasn’t there and Seinfeld episode on this??

[Blood of Tyrants]

SMH.

[Slyfox]

To let the business decide what they will do about it is a rather refreshing take on the situation.

[DoodleDawg]

This is a very, very long-standing tradition in America of something called “Sunshine Laws,” deriving from the Middle Ages and “caveat emptor,” in which it was assumed that if the consumer has information, the consumer will make the right decision.

But he seems to be saying that it is the governments job to force the restaurant to disclose the information. Where is that different from the government requiring proper sanitary practices to begin with?

[Graybeard58]

I’d say make them take an IQ test but we know they’d rig it for book knowledge that has little, if any, application to real life or common sense

Potential voters should be required to take that I.Q. test and if they don't score higher than a turnip, they shouldn't get the vote. There would never again be a democrat elected to office.

[cdcdawg]

Is anyone concerned that the Feds have a say so in hand washing? I can’t find it in the Constitution. Perhaps if one were to wash his hands in “interstate commerce” or something.