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Harry Reid: “The minimum wage, I am confident the Senator would acknowledge, is not some wild-eyed idea that someone came up with in…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2003
The minimum wage, I am confident the Senator would acknowledge, is not some wild-eyed idea that someone came up with in the last 5 or 10 years. It is true, is it not, that the minimum wage legislation was initiated during the Great Depression? We have had a minimum wage, and it has been increased, for approximately 70 years. Is that a fair statement?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the history and significance of minimum wage legislation.

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