Beth Van Duyne actually said...

"A wage hike to $15 per hour would cause small business owners like me to not only stop creating jobs but to eliminate jobs."

"As one of my colleagues across the aisle said over the weekend, we do not want those businesses."

"What I cannot seem to wrap my head around is the American workers who will be impacted the most by this reckless policy."

"Small businesses shuttered, American families struggling to pay their rent, livelihoods destroyed."