Pete Sessions: “I want to share some general thoughts about workers in America, the salaries they get paid, the money they take home…”

“I want to share some general thoughts about workers in America, the salaries they get paid, the money they take home, and some of the problems relative to that. This bill that is on the floor today would raise the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $7.25 an hour. I am uneasy with Government dictating a contract between two private persons. But I have supported minimum wage increases on a number of occasions, and I think we will see one pass this time in some fashion. I hope it will be passed in a manner that I will be able to support final passage. But I share the concern of a lot of people who support this legislation; and that concern is, the incomes and the salaries of lower wage workers have not kept up with the salaries of higher income workers.”