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Tim Ryan: “I think the good part about this whole first 100 hours and what we have been able to do, Mr. Speaker, is that we are…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2007
I think the good part about this whole first 100 hours and what we have been able to do, Mr. Speaker, is that we are making some structural changes. We are not petering around the edges. I think the people out there that wanted us to be bold, they are seeing bold. The minimum wage, now, obviously it hasn't been done in 10 or 12 years, since 1997, so it is bold.
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Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio

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Discussing the legislative agenda during the first 100 hours of the new Congress.

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