On the recordMay 8, 1996
But we urge a no vote on the previous question. If the previous question is defeated, I shall offer an amendment to the rule which would make in order a new section in the rule. The provision would direct the Committee on Rules, as the Speaker knows, to report a resolution immediately that would provide for consideration of a bill to incrementally increase the minimum wage from its current $4.25 an hour to $5.15 an hour beginning on July 4, 1997. That would provide for a separate vote on the minimum wage. Let me make it clear to my colleagues both Democrats and Republicans that defeating the previous question will in fact allow the House to vote on the minimum wage increase. That is what 80 percent of the Americans want us to do. So let us do it.
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