Political Quotes

“America needs a raise. The minimum wage, its purchasing power, is approaching a 40-year low, almost as old as I am, since the minimum wage has had purchasing power with as little capability as it does at present. The gentleman from Pennsylvania says that it is not germane to this debate to talk about the minimum wage, the need for the American people to have a raise. Well, let me tell you, it is mighty germane to the working people of this country that they get a raise. It may not be germane to the elitist, but it is germane to the people that are out there scrubbing the floors, tending to the nursing homes, picking the peas, as my colleague from Texas said, serving the meals at the fast food restaurants. It is very germane to them. For many it is a question of whether or not they can get out of poverty by having the means to do that. All that stands between us today and getting a raise for the American people are 10 Members of the Republican side coming over and joining a few of their colleagues from last week and so many Democrats, because it was a mere 10 Republican votes that defeated the raise for America when we considered this issue last week.”