Jay Dickey: “I want to show my concern about a provision in the chairman's bill that allows an increase of $18.5 million for the…”

“I want to show my concern about a provision in the chairman's bill that allows an increase of $18.5 million for the EEOC. I want to do so by drawing attention to a circumstance in Miami, Florida, that I think is worthy of the gentleman's attention and the attention of my colleagues. It has to do with Joe's Stone Crab in Miami Beach. That is a well-known, world-renowned restaurant. It has been owned for 85 years by the same Jewish family. It has had diversity practices in its hiring practices long before it was required by law. It has been targeted and victimized by the EEOC, not because there are too few female employees. The owner is a female, and 22 percent of the employees are female. The heads of the departments of the restaurant, Mr. Chairman, are females, but there are too few female servers, according to the EEOC. This is in contrast to what is happening with Hooters. Hooters has only female servers. They are a chain. The EEOC has targeted just one restaurant. The reign of terror of the EEOC against Joe's Stone Crab began on April 27, 1992. The charge was a failure to actively recruit female servers. This was done without a female filing a complaint, and it was done without complying with the law that 300 days prior to such a ruling, that there had to be a complaint filed. There was no complaint filed. They went on their own.”