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Virginia Foxx: Speaker Pelosi promised that a $15 minimum wage hike would be passed by the House in the first 100 hours of this…

On the recordJuly 18, 2019
Speaker Pelosi promised that a $15 minimum wage hike would be passed by the House in the first 100 hours of this Congress, so it is not surprising that 7 months later the Rules Committee accepted a manager's amendment to add a modest amount of extra time for small businesses to feel the full effect of this bill. Also, our colleague has said that this will lift 1.3 million people out of poverty, but it is also going to knock 3.7 million people out of jobs. So, let's keep it all in perspective. I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Allen).
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Jul 18, 2019

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