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On the recordSeptember 28, 2006
I remind the gentleman again that the House had an opportunity to pass a minimum wage bill, and we passed it over the objections of the other side of the aisle. We passed it.
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ADAM PUTNAM
Florida

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Discussing the passage of a minimum wage bill in the House.

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