Janet Yellen actually said...

President-elect Biden has proposed raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour because right now we have millions of American workers who are putting their lives on the line to keep their communities functioning.

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Yellen supports raising the minimum wage to help struggling workers during the pandemic.

01/18/2021

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