Seth Harris

I see workers being thrown out of jobs, but I don't see total employment in the economy declining because of AI.

I think, frankly, that it is a failure of political will. It is really incumbent upon Congress to provide those resources.

if we are able to raise wages across the board, particularly for low-wage and middle-skill workers, we are simply going to have more people spending more money.

The first is the myth that the FLSA is perfectly inflexible is just that. It is a myth.

I think the Paycheck Fairness Act would have to be included on that list because of the terrible wage gap.

Raising the minimum wage would be the first on my list.

So comp time is not like cash wages. If you pay somebody cash overtime they control how it is spent--the worker controls how it is spent.

if the biggest problem that workers have is that they will have too much money to spend, I think that is a problem that we can live with

We need to skill workers up so that they can compete for those high-wage, high-skill jobs, but that is difficult for a lot of workers.

Thank you for the opportunity to testify about the urgency of raising the Federal minimum wage.

They are not asking for a handout. They merely ask for an honest day's pay in return for an honest day's work.