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On the recordFebruary 25, 2021
Earlier we spoke about the fact that to say thank you to these essential workers regularly and over and over again but to refuse to pay a living wage, a minimum wage of at least what we are asking for in this bill, is really not saying thank you at all, is it? It rings hollow.
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico

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