Angie Craig: “I believe it is important the Congress express its will. Certainly the minimum wage is a part of the total economic…”

“I believe it is important the Congress express its will. Certainly the minimum wage is a part of the total economic makeup of our country, and we need to be concerned about it. When we are talking about welfare reform, we know good-paying jobs are a part of getting people off welfare. We also know creating an economic climate in which jobs can grow is another way of making sure we have good-paying jobs, be they minimum wage or slightly or substantially above. It is the whole of the economy that makes our country what it is. It provides for the middle class and the upper class and all of those others who have been the tremendous energy and engine of this economy for so long. Today if the Senator from Iowa or the Senator from Idaho gassed their car up in this city or in Idaho or in Des Moines, we would have paid the highest price for gas ever paid in our history. Does that have impact on poor people or poorer people? You bet it does.”