Political Quotes

“what we have today is an opportunity to correct this mistake made in 1989 by enacting legislation that reflects both Congress intent in 1989 and the Bumpers legislation that had such broad bipartisan support in 1991. This amendment does not go as far as what was intended in 1989 by a Democrat Congress and a Republican President and supported in 1991 by a bipartisan group of Senators. Twelve of the twenty-two Democrats who cosponsored Senator Bumpers' bill in 1991 are still in the Senate. I call on them today to maintain their earlier position so we can pass this amendment that is so important to America's small business. Let me focus just a minute on a couple of things that had been stated in the media that this amendment does and does not do. Some statements have been made that the amendment provides a complete exemption from any minimum wage. I have stated that is simply not true. For those exempted, it keeps the minimum wage at $4.25. President Clinton talked about the amendment causing employees of small businesses to be ineligible for an increase in their wages and locked in to the current minimum wage. Who do we think provides wages in this country? Is it Congress in its largess? No; it is the people who have committed their time, resources, energy, and their capital to providing the best jobs they can and the products and services that the marketplace will take.”