Tom Harkin

I think we're better than this. I don't think a country as great as ours should pay people so little that they need help from the State just to survive.

When you put money in people's pockets, they spend it and I get more customers.

My feeling is that no one who works full-time in our society ought to live in poverty.

A raise to $10.10 would benefit 28 million workers, lifting about 2 million out of poverty.

The Congressional Budget Office has done a very helpful service by again affirming what Henry Ford knew 100 years ago.

No one who works full-time should ever have to raise a family in poverty.

57 percent of small business owners support raising the minimum wage to $10.10.

We have a moral obligation to fix poverty wages.

I support the legislation proposed by Senator Tom Harkin, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013.

The Harkin-Sanchez bill would also better protect seniors and other beneficiaries from the rising cost of health care.

They just want their hard work to be rewarded with a fair wage.

We simply must find a way to shore up the incomes of working Americans.

It's important that the Federal Government take action for the following reasons: More than half of the States in this country still allow employers to pay as little as $7.25 per hour.

The Congressional Budget Office agrees that raising the minimum wage would have a stimulative effect because it puts money in people's pockets.

Our first priority should be expanding Social Security benefits as proposed by Sen. Tom Harkin, Rep. Linda Sanchez, and others.

If the Harkin-Miller legislation becomes law, it would mean as many as 3.8 million fewer people enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), thus reducing spending by nearly $4.6 billion a year.

It is possible to take care of your workers and take care of your shareholders.

57 percent of entrepreneurs support raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour.

No one should be left behind based on where they live. We as a Federal Government have an obligation to look out for the least among us.

More money in the hands of workers will inevitably be spent in their stores, improving their bottom lines.

I think the bulk of the evidence of economists that have actually studied this issue... show that it has no impact.

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet on March 11, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Access and Cost: What the U.S…

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet on March 12, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``From Poverty to Opportunity: How…

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet on March 13, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Protecting the Public Health…

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