I think it is vital that this committee examine the U.S. labor market trends.

We need to have a recovery that is led by wages, not a recovery that is led by workers going into debt.

Committee Democrats stand ready to pass policies that boost wages and combat income inequality.

how do we get the wages up?

We should pass the Raise the Wage Act, H.R. 15, a bill to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024 giving more than 41 million Americans a pay increase.

We have not done the job to maintain the minimum wage.

At this time I would also like to note that the mention of increased wages by Chair Walberg did not adjust for inflation.

Quickly, how will the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act affect income inequality?

However, those positive numbers have not translated into higher wages.

Wage stagnation has become worse under this administration.

Wage stagnation and inequality remain a burden on workers and a drag on the American economy.

What is becoming clear from that research is that institutions, in fact, matter.

What are the policies that can counterbalance that phenomenon?

Workers across the country are not getting a fair share of the wealth they helped create.

The tax cut has further exacerbated income inequality.

The Trump Administration's abandonment of this rule cost low and middle income salaried workers 1.2 billion per year in lost wages.

the tax giveaway to the top 1 percent of American earners and corporations did not lift workers' wages.

workers' wages are not better off under this president.