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Senator Dan Lauwers

Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, (right) and Thomas McCollum, owner of the Peppermill Restaurant in Bad Axe, stand outside the restaurant, where the two held a press conference Wednesday to discuss Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's devastating policy closing restaurants to indoor dining.

Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, (right) and David and Crystal Scholz, owners of the Roadhouse 19 restaurant in Yale, stand outside the restaurant. The three discussed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's devastating policy closing restaurants to indoor dining at a Wednesday press conference at the restaurant.

Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, (left) and David Scholz, owner of the Roadhouse 19 restaurant in Yale, discuss Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's devastating policy closing restaurants to indoor dining at a Wednesday press conference at the restaurant.

Mark Miller, owner of the restaurant Little Camille's By The Bay in New Baltimore, speaks Wednesday outside the restaurant regarding Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's shutdowns that have devastated the restaurant industry, while Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, (blue jacket) looks on. Lauwers held a press conference at the restaurant to condemn the governor's disregard for how her actions have hurt those in the industry. Also pictured is Miller's wife and restaurant co-owner Camille Miller.

Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, speaks Wednesday outside the restaurant Little Camille's By The Bay in New Baltimore regarding Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's shutdowns that have devastated the restaurant industry. Lauwers was joined by the restaurant's owner, Mark Miller, (gray vest) and Sen. Michael D. MacDonald, R-Macomb Township (far left).

Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, (left) welcomed the Rev. Dr. Tom Seppo to the Michigan Capitol on Tuesday. Seppo, who serves as executive director of Operation Transformation in Port Huron and chaplain for the St. Clair County Sheriff Department, delivered the daily invocation before the start of the Senate session.

Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, presented a Senate tribute on Tuesday to the 2019 Division 4 state champion Unionville-Sebewaing High School softball team. Unionville-Sebewaing beat Kalamazoo Christian 3-1 in June on a rare triple play to end the game and win the state championship in dramatic fashion.

Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, presented a Senate tribute on Tuesday to the 2019 Division 4 state champion Unionville-Sebewaing High School softball team. Unionville-Sebewaing beat Kalamazoo Christian 3-1 in June on a rare triple play to end the game and win the state championship in dramatic fashion.

Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, attended a special joint House and Senate Agriculture Committee hearing at the Michigan State University Pavilion Tuesday addressing the increasing challenges facing Michigan farmers.

Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, attended a special joint House and Senate Agriculture Committee hearing at the Michigan State University Pavilion Tuesday addressing the increasing challenges facing Michigan farmers.

Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, (left) welcomed the Rev. Father Tom Kuehnemund to the Michigan Capitol on Tuesday. Kuehnemund serves as priest at Sacred Heart Parish in Yale and delivered the daily invocation before the start of the Senate session.

Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, (left) and the Michigan Supreme Court justices stand outside the Michigan House of Representatives chamber. Lauwers led the justices into the chamber Tuesday night to hear Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's 2019 State of the State address.

Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, (right) welcomed Huron County Commission Chairman Sami Khoury of Sebewaing to the Senate chamber Tuesday. Khoury joined Lauwers for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's State of the State address.

State Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, is sworn in as senator of the 25th District on Wednesday during a ceremony at the state Capitol. Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Stephen Markman administered the oath of office.