Jim McGovern actually said...

We should get serious about increasing the minimum wage so that work in this country actually pays.

Calls for raising the minimum wage to combat poverty.

04/02/2014

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Opening Statement of Hon. James P. McGovern, a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts; Chair, Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

The title of today's hearing is 'Tiananmen at 30: Examining the Evolution of Repression in China.'

If we do not speak out for human rights in China because of economic concerns, we lose all moral authority to talk about human rights in any...

Today let us recognize that the greatest tribute Congress can make to the fallen freedom fighters of Tiananmen is to use our influence to ad...