Joseph Knollenberg: “I really wonder if the President and the Democrats are truly interested in raising the minimum wage or is it just that…”

“I really wonder if the President and the Democrats are truly interested in raising the minimum wage or is it just that they want to score some political points? When they controlled Congress back in 1992 and 1993 with President Clinton in the White House, why was not an increase in the minimum wage on the agenda? Maybe they were too busy raising taxes on gas, on Social Security, on small businesses. Mr. Speaker, I have to look at this comment that the President made in 1993. President Clinton said, ``The minimum wage,'' and I am quoting, ``The minimum wage is the wrong way to raise incomes of low-wage earners.'' But then again, I guess we really cannot believe what the President says from day to day or time to time. By the way, if my colleagues think 90 cents an hour is going to save working families, I say my colleagues' priorities are in the wrong place. We need to provide tax relief to our families, not 90 cents an hour. Lowering taxes will raise incomes.”