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John Tierney: “I just know that we have been making a comparison here today that if we could change the committee's function off of…”

On the recordJune 23, 2014
I just know that we have been making a comparison here today that if we could change the committee's function off of trying to usurp a decision by the board that hasn't been made yet, we could talk about raising the minimum wage, which in your district, Mr. Chairman, would be 67,000 people getting a boost, in my district, 41,000, and that would be a good discussion for us to have.
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John Tierney
Massachusetts

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Tierney advocates for discussing minimum wage increases based on potential benefits to constituents.

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