The minority leader has mentioned, and the Senator from California has just mentioned, minimum wage. Does the Senator from California understand that over 60 percent of the people who draw minimum wage are women, and of those 60 percent, for 40 percent of them that is the only money they get for their families? So, in short, would the Senator agree that the people who need minimum wage are not teenagers at McDonald's flipping hamburgers?
Discussing the demographics of minimum wage earners during a Senate debate.
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