On the recordApril 23, 1996
the time is always right to do right. And raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do. This is not just an economic issue, Mr. Speaker, this is a moral issue. Hard working people deserve the right to earn a livable wage. The minimum wage is at a 40-year low. No one can live, much less support a family, on $8,400 a year. Mr. Speaker, stop playing politics with people's lives. Bring a clean minimum wage bill to this floor. Do not load it up and bring it down with your pet programs. The American people, hard-working people, are watching and waiting. Raise the minimum wage.
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