Thank you very much, Senator.
Is it correct that McDonald's was a top five employer of employees receiving Federal benefits in 14 of the 15 agencies?
Study after study has shown that a gradual increase in the minimum wage does not lead to increased unemployment.
not only will you be increasing your minimum wage from $15 to $16 an hour next week, but half of your hourly workers rec...
While Costco, Amazon, Target, Best Buy, and other major corporations have all raised their minimum wage in recent years ...
We must raise the minimum wage to a living wage, at least $15 an hour, and when we do that, not only will we be lifting ...
Are you able to come up with any estimate as to how much in tax-supported programs low-wage workers nationally receive?
the simple truth is that no one in America can live with dignity, can raise a family on $11 or $12 an hour.
The largest welfare recipient in America happens to be the wealthiest family in America, the Walton family; a family tha...
They are forced to rely on food stamps to feed their children, paid for by the U.S. taxpayer.
no ifs, buts, or maybes: $7.25 an hour is a starvation wage.
Something that helps democracy.
And the problem is that we have this daily--and, in some cases, deadly--dose of disinformation and extremist content tha...
So disinformation has undoubtedly contributed to the rapid spread of COVID-19, as well.
Now, going back to the assault on the Capitol on January 6, it was an abhorrent attempt to overturn a free and fair elec...
My view is--the question for us in Congress is to see local news as a public good.
We are struggling big time with crumbling roads and bridges.
I think we can come together, at least on this issue.
