Political Quotes

“We are talking about a minimum wage of $4.25 an hour. That is less than $700 per month. Tell me how anybody can survive anywhere on the island of Puerto Rico on less than $700 a month. It simply isn't possible. The cost of living in San Juan is no lower than it is in Orlando, or much of the mainland for that matter. I don't know where you can even find a one-bedroom apartment for $700 a month that would be worth living in. I don't know how you can pay for lunch and dinner and breakfast for $700 a month. I don't know how you can find health coverage for $700 a month. I don't know how you can find transportation to get to that job for $700 a month. I just don't get it. Any one of these things would be enough to break the budget and put you into bankruptcy if you are only making $700 a month, and that is before you even have to pay taxes. What we are doing is we are taking a Spanish-speaking population, 3.5 million of them, and we are condemning them to low wages to the point where 45-year-old men will lose their jobs to 20-year-old sons because the 20-year-old sons are forced to work for only $4.25. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired.”