Promises Made, Promises Kept

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Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, I thank our Conference chair for yielding.

Madam Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity to talk about the work we did during our August work period, and the many opportunities I had to meet with small businesses throughout the district to talk about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but I will highlight one of those businesses.

It is in the heart of the 12th District of Georgia in Bulloch County, home to Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, the largest university in my district.

Just a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of visiting a family-owned barbecue restaurant named Dolan's Bar-B-Q where I met the owner, Mary Beth, and had a great conversation about her business, some of her challenges, and how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will help address some of those challenges.

Among the many things we discussed were specifically the no tax on tips and no tax on overtime provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Being that Statesboro is a large college town, Mary Beth informed me that 95 percent of her staff are college students, young people simply looking to earn pocket money while they pursue their degrees.

On average, Americans could receive up to $1,300 more from no taxes on their tipped income. Imagine what this means to Mary Beth's employees. We also discussed no tax on overtime. To quote Mary Beth: During busy times like football season, we work a lot of overtime because we are just so busy. We do a lot of catering during football season so that helps give our team a lot of opportunity to get more hours.

Again, this is additional income for her team and she is hopeful this will help retain more permanent employees. I am so thankful to Mary Beth and all the other small businesses for welcoming me, and I look forward to visiting Dolan's Bar-B-Q again and enjoying a delicious barbecue sandwich.

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