Bruce F. Vento: “the Congress has the responsibility to help working families earn a living in the world of work. Today the minimum wage…”

“the Congress has the responsibility to help working families earn a living in the world of work. Today the minimum wage has slipped to the lowest value in decades. Men and women who are struggling to support themselves and their kids and American families are falling further behind. Unemployment is low, but many that are accepting jobs are receiving substandard wages and taking these jobs but not making ends meet. America needs a fair minimum wage. Decency demands that Congress act to give a fair shake to American workers. The single parents, the persons trying to be able to make a living on his or her job, not with a government support program. The best welfare program is a job. Action to raise the minimum wage, itself, helps workers, not a trickle-down political promise program to cut taxes for the rich, but social justice for workers on the job in America today. Fairness and decency demand congressional action to make a work pay. Let Congress Act to increase the minimum wage and be fair to the working people we represent.”