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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Oh, the Republicans. Okay. That is what I thought. Congressional Republicans. They talk about how they want to grow…”

On the recordApril 4, 2006
Oh, the Republicans. Okay. That is what I thought. Congressional Republicans. They talk about how they want to grow jobs, that making sure people can go to work and earn a decent living is what is important. Then why is it that congressional Republicans defeated a Democratic amendment to increase the minimum wage, which has not been increased since 1997, the longest period of time we have gone without increasing the minimum wage? From $5.15, which is what it is now, we proposed to increase it to $7.25.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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