Lamar Alexander actually said...

"If we want to honor work instead of getting a welfare check, then wouldn't a more efficient way to help people in poverty be to increase the earned income tax credit?"

"I do not believe in it."

"studies like those of Dr. Michael Reich studying metropolitan areas or counties across State lines are the 'gold standard' of economic studies on the minimum wage."

"This is a good example of the way we have been able to work with Senator Harkin this year."