12/06/2016
https://congress.gov...
"This bill puts money directly into the hands of those who are most likely to spend it in their communities."
"just raising, increasing the minimum wage in my State of Florida to $10.10 per hour would decrease SNAP expenditures by $290 million."
"Too often we view economic progress as a zero-sum game where if workers win, employers lose."
"Everybody has to eat, and we heard this morning from laborers, workers who are in the fast food business and other businesses who have a difficult time trying to make the ends meet for their family."