07/21/2010
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"To have a single mother of two kids working for $7.25 still be below the poverty line because we have allowed the minimum wage to collapse over the last 50 years, I think is a disgrace."
"If it were up to me--it is not, unfortunately, up to me--we would have a standing committee of the Senate that was focused on our kids and on their future."
"Well, I appreciate it, and I just want to, as Chairman Gardner said at the outset, thank each of you for taking time to come here today."
"For Colorado and downstream communities, there are still serious concerns that exist that the EPA must address."