Keith Ellison: “Today is a good day. The Majority Maker Freshmen are here tonight at this late hour to celebrate the increase in the…”

“Today is a good day. The Majority Maker Freshmen are here tonight at this late hour to celebrate the increase in the minimum wage for the first time in 10 years. The minimum wage, the amount of pay that the lowest paid workers in our country receive, now will be able to claim an increase in pay. Madam Speaker, I am joined today by our colleagues, Mr. Ron Klein of Florida and Mr. Paul Hodes of New Hampshire, to talk about this question of economic justice, this issue of a shared prosperity in our economy and in our country. And I can think of no more important and no better topic to kick off the conversation than a send-up and salute to the hardworking folks of this country who do it on minimum wage every day. Today, Madam Speaker, there is a mom who can say to her son, 'Yes, son, you can go on that field trip because Mom has the money. Here you go.' There is a dad who can say, 'Honey, yes, you can go in and play softball this summer because we can work it out.'”