Tom Harkin actually said...

I'm glad we could get this hearing in early, because we need someone to hit the ground running at the Department of Labor from day one.

Harkin emphasizes the urgency of appointing Solis to the Department of Labor.

01/08/2009

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Your testimony included the hypothetical case of a single mother working at minimum wage in Des Moines who would purportedly lose public ben...

Inflation has steadily eroded the value of the minimum wage, as you said, Senator, by 30 percent since 1968.

I cannot, in good conscience, make that assertion generally about these programs.

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