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On the recordFebruary 24, 2021
What we have got to do is find out how to raise it without losing jobs and trying to create job growth, not depress job growth.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham calls for raising the minimum wage while ensuring job growth.

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