Bill Clinton: “This increase, one dollar over the next 2 years, would have raised the…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 1998

This increase, one dollar over the next 2 years, would have raised the wages of 12 million Americans.

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Statement on Senate Action on Minimum Wage Legislation

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