Brandon Williams: “the gentleman from Indiana who just spoke, if he decides to vote for anything, it would probably be the Goodling…”

“the gentleman from Indiana who just spoke, if he decides to vote for anything, it would probably be the Goodling amendment. If that passes and becomes law, 315,000 people in the State of the gentleman who just spoke, Indiana, would be denied a minimum wage. Ten percent of the people on minimum wage are senior citizens. The gentleman's point is the point that many people in the minority make, and that is, a higher wage is bad for business and therefore loses jobs. Carrying that conservative argument to its conclusion would lead one to believe, incorrectly, that lowering wages in this country would be good for employment and good for business. That is the difference between that side of the aisle and this. This side of the aisle believes that as we raise the standard of living in America, America does better economically. That side believes, obviously, that as you reduce the standard of living in this country, it is good for this country economically. Nothing in American history demonstrates that Republicans are correct about that.”