Political Quotes

“to continue my comments, and in response to my friend from North Dakota, using that as an example, as a hypothetical, again based on what I stated earlier--I am not here to make all of the determinations--but let us just follow that for a second. A minimum wage, following S. 1, would say that CBO would give an estimate as to cost. A point of order may or may not be placed against that. It would require, of course, a majority vote of the Senate to vote to raise the minimum wage. Then the question is, is that impact greater than $50 million on the public sector? If it is, then, again, a point of order may or may not be made against that. I would imagine that if there were an increase in the minimum wage, there would either not be a point of order made against that, with regard to the public sector, or if there was, I would think that a waiver, in all likelihood, would be granted because I do not envision that we would feel that we need to pay the minimum wage increase for the public sector, knowing that the private sector must pay for that.”