I think $8,400 a year is what the present minimum wage comes out to. Eight thousand four hundred dollars a year. And we just pointed out about 4 million of these people are the sole wage earners in their families. Kevin Phillips, a conservation political analyst, said the 104th Congress may be the worst in 50 years. Now, can you imagine that we are presiding over something that is going down in history, but going down in history the wrong way?
Burgess Owens: “I think $8,400 a year is what the present minimum wage comes out to. Eight thousand four hundred dollars a year. And we…”
On the recordApril 18, 1996
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Discussing the implications of the minimum wage and the performance of the 104th Congress.
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