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Bill Clinton: This modest increase would simply restore the real value of the minimum wage to what it was in 1982.

On the recordNovember 3, 1999
This modest increase would simply restore the real value of the minimum wage to what it was in 1982.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Letter to Congressional Leaders on Minimum Wage Legislation

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