Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “So as Mr. Meek was saying, what we would do if we were in the majority, and hopefully the American people will give us…”

“So as Mr. Meek was saying, what we would do if we were in the majority, and hopefully the American people will give us that opportunity in November, we would make sure right at the get-go as Leader Pelosi, who will be Speaker Pelosi when we win back the majority, as she talks about, one of the first things that we will do the first week, raise the minimum wage. It hasn't happened since 1997, going on 9 years now. That is just pitiful. You have got people in America, 7 million people in America making $5.15 an hour. That is just an outrage. And we have got to make sure, that is the kind of issue that people need the Congress to deal with. I mean, in our home State we have had to address it inside the State of Florida. Because the Federal minimum wage hasn't been raised in 9 years, we have got to make sure as we take the country in a new direction, as Democrats would do, we would focus on fixing the ridiculous prescription drug plan that they passed for Medicare beneficiaries. We would make sure that the doughnut hole that provides this humongous gap that senior citizens are falling through after they reach I think about $2,500 in coverage for prescription drugs, they fall through that doughnut hole, and they literally have to spend several thousand dollars out of their own pocket before the part D prescription drug benefit picks back up. It also prohibits the Federal Government from negotiating with pharmaceutical companies.…”