On the recordFebruary 12, 2007
I appreciate that. You made a very important point about the minimum wage. I think you and I both voted at the end of the last Congress to increase the minimum wage, but it failed in the Senate. It was not able to get through in the Senate. What is happening here today is that our friends on the other side, they stand up on the House floor and claim that they have raised the minimum wage when, in fact, all they have done is pass it in the House. It is not law yet. It takes both bodies to pass it. Thank goodness for the United States Senate. They are putting back in those tax cuts for small business. They are absolutely critical for small businesses.
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