I yield myself 2 seconds simply to say that the workers who need it most, 57 percent of the benefits of the wage increase will go to families with working adults in the bottom 40 percent of the income scale. It is true that people are trying to raise families on the minimum wage. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Mollohan).
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