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On the recordJune 24, 2013
We have raised our minimum wage. We have stayed above the national minimum wage, and we have done better on employment.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren asserts that raising the minimum wage has improved employment in Massachusetts.

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