The President's News Conference
08/05/1997
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
That last minimum wage increase provided a significant incentive to work, contributing to the 44 percent decline in the welfare caseload.
If you believe in a future of greater openness and freedom for the people of China, you ought to be for this agreement.
Congress should pass a straightforward bill to raise the minimum wage by $1 in two equal steps, as proposed by the President.
The change this agreement can bring from outside is quite extraordinary.