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On the recordJuly 12, 2006
Now, my understanding of the law of supply and demand, if we have a high demand for labor, why haven't the wages gone up more than 1 percent, or even fallen for low-skilled workers?
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama
Source
congress.gov
Jul 12, 2006

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Sessions questions why wages for low-skilled workers haven't increased despite high labor demand.

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