Alma Adams: “I want to strongly encourage my colleagues on this committee to focus on the vital importance of service to our Nation.”

In one of the richest countries in the world, no one working full-time should be living in poverty.

The Trump administration's attempt to gut protections for tipped workers have only worsened these issues by allowing employers to steal almost 6 billion dollars of worker's hard-earned tips for themselves each year.

The current sub-minimum wage with tipped employees perpetuates low pay, enables, inexcusable levels of wage theft, and it leads to higher poverty rates.

Tipped workers are unfortunately paid less per hour than non-tipped workers, and they have less access to benefits.