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Thomas Daschle: We are talking about minimum-wage workers working 40 hours and sometimes 80 hours a week. If we are not in session long…

On the recordMarch 23, 2000
We are talking about minimum-wage workers working 40 hours and sometimes 80 hours a week. If we are not in session long enough to address the concerns they have, it seems to me, we will have a lot of explaining to do to a lot of those people who are wondering: If they are working that long, why can't we work a 5-day week?
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Thomas Daschle
South Dakota

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Discussing the need for Congress to address the concerns of minimum-wage workers.

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