Tom Harkin actually said...

We asked that you work with the Department of Labor.

Harkin emphasizes the need for collaboration on child labor monitoring.

03/06/2012

More Tom Harkin Quotes

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.