I think the bulk of the evidence of economists that have actually studied this issue... show that it has no impact.

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 pockets.

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.

It's important that the Federal Government take action for the following reasons: More than half of the States in this country still allow employers to pay as little as $7.25 per hour.

More money in the hands of workers will inevitably be spent in their stores, improving their bottom lines.

A raise to $10.10 would benefit 28 million workers, lifting about 2 million out of poverty.

They just want their hard work to be rewarded with a fair wage.

The Harkin-Sanchez bill would also better protect seniors and other beneficiaries from the rising cost of health care.

Our first priority should be expanding Social Security benefits as proposed by Sen. Tom Harkin, Rep. Linda Sanchez, and others.

No one who works full-time should ever have to raise a family in poverty.

It is possible to take care of your workers and take care of your shareholders.

The Congressional Budget Office has done a very helpful service by again affirming what Henry Ford knew 100 years ago.

My feeling is that no one who works full-time in our society ought to live in poverty.

We have a moral obligation to fix poverty wages.

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 to survive.

We simply must find a way to shore up the incomes of working Americans.

When you put money in people's pockets, they spend it and I get more customers.