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On the recordMay 19, 2014
If our goal is to help working women and men who are not making enough money, why would we take action that would cost 500,000 Americans jobs?
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the logic of raising the minimum wage if it leads to job losses.

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