Under my amendment, Mr. Chairman, these people would pay taxes just like everybody else because they would be receiving at least the minimum wage, so I am where the gentleman is on this. If we can get people to pay taxes, let us do it. They cannot even pay taxes on the voluntarism.
Discussing an amendment related to taxation and minimum wage.
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We need the availability of capital for people to be either homeowners or affordable renters.
if you look at my record throughout my whole life, from the day I started in the practice of law in a civil rights law firm, you will find nobody, or few people, who are more committed to the things that you all have talked about today.
Senator, that is just not true now. What we did not do was principal reduction, but there are millions and millions of people that we have provided relief for whose homes were in jeopardy.
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