Alma Adams: “I know that this time around we are not talking about that kind of approach, but can you discuss what you have done to…”

In one of the richest countries in the world no one working full-time should be living in poverty.

Any programs that would support financing... would be beneficial.

The current sub-minimum wage with tipped employees perpetuates low pay, enables, inexcusable levels of wage theft, and it leads to higher poverty rates.

The Trump administration's attempt to gut protections for tipped workers have only worsened these issues by allowing employers to steal almost 6 billion dollars of worker's hard-earned tips for themselves each year.