the only option we have that works is that we have to raise the floor on the minimum wage for tipped workers.

I hope you will note that the Massachusetts economy is growing.

If we raise the minimum wage to $10.10, then we would generate about 140,000 new jobs.

I've said many times that in a nation as rich as ours, no one who works for a living and puts in a full day's work should have to live in poverty, be unable to put food on the table, pay their bills, keep up with the rent.

The minimum wage for tipped workers now sits at an absurdly low $2.

As I understand the current law, someone goes out, they've got their $2.13 on their paycheck...

So we call these 'subsidized' loans even though today the program has been completely changed and, in fact, is making a profit for the U.S. Government.

I think we have heard from our witnesses today that homeownership may be undermined, that there is data suggesting that homeownership is undermined by the growing amount of student loan debt.

We have raised our minimum wage. We have stayed above the national minimum wage, and we have done better on employment.

So you have done some retraining so people now on the phone will explain that a waiver is available?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Ranking Member Burr, for holding this meeting today.