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Elizabeth Warren: “That's why I've introduced the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour in three steps…”

On the recordJune 24, 2013
That's why I've introduced the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour in three steps and then to index the minimum wage to inflation.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren outlines her proposal to increase the minimum wage to combat poverty.

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