More money in the hands of workers will inevitably be spent in their stores, improving their bottom lines.
If the Harkin-Miller legislation becomes law, it would mean as many as 3.8 million fewer people enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assis...
No one should be left behind based on where they live. We as a Federal Government have an obligation to look out for the least among us.
I support the legislation proposed by Senator Tom Harkin, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013.
The Congressional Budget Office agrees that raising the minimum wage would have a stimulative effect because it puts money in people's pocke...
I think we're better than this. I don't think a country as great as ours should pay people so little that they need help from the State just...
I think the bulk of the evidence of economists that have actually studied this issue... show that it has no impact.
57 percent of small business owners support raising the minimum wage to $10.10.
57 percent of entrepreneurs support raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour.
When you put money in people's pockets, they spend it and I get more customers.
We simply must find a way to shore up the incomes of working Americans.
We have a moral obligation to fix poverty wages.
The Congressional Budget Office has done a very helpful service by again affirming what Henry Ford knew 100 years ago.
It is possible to take care of your workers and take care of your shareholders.
No one who works full-time should ever have to raise a family in poverty.
They just want their hard work to be rewarded with a fair wage.
I believe home State support is important in the process, including the Judiciary Committee, as well as the full Senate.
You have had a distinguished career as Assistant U.S. Attorney, appellate practitioner, commissioner on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and ...
