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Bobby Scott: “I remind my colleague from Texas that a vote against this bill is a vote to deny about 30 percent of the workers in his…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2019
I remind my colleague from Texas that a vote against this bill is a vote to deny about 30 percent of the workers in his district in Texas an average raise of about $3,800 a year. I also will point out that the same CBO report that he cited cites the three most recent studies showing the number of jobs will actually go up as a direct result of the passage of this bill, and 27 million people are getting a raise. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Mrs. Trahan), a distinguished member of the Committee on Education and Labor.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia
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Jul 18, 2019

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