Harry Reid: “I am stunned by some of the remarks by those opposed to raising the minimum wage. To indicate that people who are…”

“I am stunned by some of the remarks by those opposed to raising the minimum wage. To indicate that people who are drawing minimum wage live with their parents or others--they do because they make so little money. And all the denigration of these entry-level jobs--these are jobs that people have to have filled. They may be low, entry-level jobs, but they are jobs people need. People are not hiring these people out of the goodness of their heart, to say: Well, here is somebody. We'll hire a few minimum wage employees. There are a few people like that, but the reason you have these minimum wage jobs is because people need results. The employer needs the work done. The employee needs the job. I have heard on this floor a number of times today people saying: It is pushing a drastic increase in the minimum wage. The minimum wage was valid when it was initiated many years ago. It is valid today. We should at least keep up with the cost of living.”