Tom Harkin emphasizes the need for healthcare reform.
01/21/2009
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That is why my legislation would first increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, over 3 years, and then index it after that.
If the minimum wage had kept pace with inflation since 1968, today it would be $10.56.
That is why last week I joined with Congressman George Miller to introduce the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013.
The minimum wage in fact is worth 31 percent less than at its peak in 1968.