Nearly every Republican senator signed a letter sent to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Tuesday urging that he reverse the relaxed dress code.
Sen. John Fetterman arrives for the"AI Insight Forum" at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Sept. 13, 2023 in Washington, D.C.
"The Senate is a place of honor and tradition, and the Senate floor is where we conduct the business of the American people. It is where we debate the policies which impact every American family and, when necessary, it is where we must make the gravest decision imaginable – whether to send our fellow Americans into battle to defend the freedoms we all hold dear. The world watches us on that floor and we must protect the sanctity of that place at all costs," the letter states.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The letter was signed by almost every GOP senator except for Sens. Mike Braun, R-Ind., Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo. "It's like Burger King ‘You Rule’ kind of thing," he said. However, Republicans have derided the lower standards. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, joked Monday that she would"wear a bikini" on the Senate floor, which would actually be permitted since the dress code would not be enforced. She said the change"debases the institution.
"Obviously, I'm not going to wear a bikini," Collins told reporters."But the fact is, as I understand it, I could!"
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