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Joe Courtney: “Raising the minimum wage is not only good for the millions of workers that would directly benefit, but also for our…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
Raising the minimum wage is not only good for the millions of workers that would directly benefit, but also for our economy as a whole.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney advocates for raising the minimum wage to benefit workers and the economy.

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