Brandon Williams: “the Republican men and women in this Chamber who are opposed to an increase in the minimum wage earn more salary from…”

“the Republican men and women in this Chamber who are opposed to an increase in the minimum wage earn more salary from the taxpayer every 15 days than people on the minimum wage earn all year long. Yet they still do not want to provide an additional 25 cents to those workers. We are in charge of that here. People who earn more in 15 days will not give another 25 cents to the working poor in this country. What President Clinton's proposal would do is buy 6 months of groceries for a family on a minimum wage. No wonder the American people overwhelmingly support this increase in the minimum wage and reject the stinginess of our colleagues on the Republican side.”