Sherrod Brown: “I reclaim my time. For 10 years, Democrats have tried to increase the…”

On the recordJuly 28, 2006

I reclaim my time. For 10 years, Democrats have tried to increase the minimum wage and Republicans have blocked it. Yet during the 10 years with no minimum wage increase, Congress, under Republican leadership, has increased its own pay six times. The CEO of ExxonMobil is paid more than $17,000 an hour while a minimum-wage worker who fills her tank with ExxonMobil gas earns less than $11,000 a year. Yet this bill puts first millions of dollars in tax cuts for the ExxonMobil CEO. Tonight it is clear why we need a change. That change is only 3 months away.

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