Texas A.G. Paxton Sues Biden Admin for Unconstitutional, Illegal Minimum Wage Hike for Federal Contractors
February 11, 2022
February 11, 2022
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 11 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release:
Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Biden Administration for unilaterally and unlawfully imposing an increase in the minimum wage for all federal contractors by executive order. The president has no authority to overrule Congress, which has sole authority to set the minimum wage and which already rejected a minimum wage increase. This disastrous policy will lead to countless layoffs, . . .
Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Biden Administration for unilaterally and unlawfully imposing an increase in the minimum wage for all federal contractors by executive order. The president has no authority to overrule Congress, which has sole authority to set the minimum wage and which already rejected a minimum wage increase. This disastrous policy will lead to countless layoffs, . . .