Republicans now in control of the Michigan House are following through on their end-of-year promise to amend soon-to-come changes to Michigan’s minimum wage and sick leave policies by creating a Select Committee on Protecting Michigan Employees and Small Businesses.

It took two overflow rooms in the House Office Building in Lansing this week to accommodate everyone who wanted to testify.

When Republicans in the Michigan House of Representatives took control of the chamber on Jan. 8, they immediately got to work, introducing legislation to preserve Michigan’s tipped minimum wage and moderate changes to the state’s paid sick leave policy.