01/28/2013
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"Increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would save $46 billion in food stamps and would lift a lot of women, obviously, out of poverty."
"Minimum wage workers have not received an increase in their wages in 7 years."
"We could change this if Congress would raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour."
"As you know, women hold a disproportionate number of low-wage jobs, making up about 76 percent of the workers in the 10 biggest low-wage job categories in America."