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Elizabeth Warren: We can make work a way out of poverty again by raising the minimum wage--one of our Nation's simplest and most effective…

On the recordMarch 11, 2014
We can make work a way out of poverty again by raising the minimum wage--one of our Nation's simplest and most effective means to lift working families out of poverty.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren advocates for raising the minimum wage to combat poverty.

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