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Harry Reid: No. 1, the Senator has mentioned, and I want to ask if the Senator will emphasize this, that the minimum wage is a…

On the recordJuly 11, 2003
No. 1, the Senator has mentioned, and I want to ask if the Senator will emphasize this, that the minimum wage is a program in which 40 percent of the people who draw minimum wage are women; is that true?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Questioning the gender demographics of minimum wage earners during a Senate discussion.

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