GOP Senator: Don't Force Employees To Wash Their Hands After Using Toilet [View all]

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Source: TalkingPointsMemo.com

In a week packed with news over concerns for public health, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) described his own history of opposing certain health and hygiene regulations, including those that require employees to wash their hands after using the bathroom.

During a Q&A at the Bipartisan Policy Center on Monday, Tillis related a story from his time in the state legislature in 2010, complaining that the U.S. is "one of the most regulated nations in the history of the planet," video via C-SPAN shows.

“I was having a discussion with someone, and we were at a Starbucks in my district, and we were talking about certain regulations where I felt like ‘maybe you should allow businesses to opt out,'" the senator said.

Tillis said his interlocutor was in disbelief, and asked whether he thought businesses should be allowed to "opt out" of requiring employees to wash their hands after using the restroom.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/thom-tillis-washing-hands-toilet

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If he thinks washing your hands is government intrusion, he better hope his open heart surgeon doesn't think like him.