09/25/2019
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"My goal is truly to make sure that folks in rural communities, communities of color, and distressed communities are not adversely affected by well-intentioned minimum wage policies."
"We need to raise the minimum wage to help families make ends meet, but we also need to do it in a way that protects jobs and small businesses in our communities."
"It is time for us to raise the minimum wage and to have these very, very important conversations."
"It is time. In Congress, we sit here with the ability and the power to do something, and history will not be kind to us if we continue to allow the gun lobby to buy us and sell us."