Carl Levin: “It doesn't have to be that way.”

I claim the time in opposition to this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

Let me just mention, the gentlewoman is so right that it is a floor. One of these arguments that we hear is, ``We don't want one-size-fits-all,'' right? Well, first of all, as a labor lawyer, the minimum wage has been one national wage the…

It incentivizes companies to ship jobs to Mexico and out of our communities like mine in southeast Michigan. Mexico has not demonstrated the will, meaningfully, to reform its labor system, and the weakness of USMCA's enforcement mechanisms…

I thank Representative Pressley for being such a great champion for workers in Massachusetts and in our whole country. Madam Speaker, I now yield to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).