Political Quotes

On the recordFebruary 6, 2019
No American working full time should be living in poverty, and by gradually increasing the minimum wage...
Said by
Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Advocating for a gradual increase in the federal minimum wage to alleviate poverty.

Share

More from Bobby Scott

Apr 29, 2026

the assumption is that regulations that these Secretaries will get together and provide will be better than what is already there. We don't know what they are going to come up with. We do know, however, that if the State, if the local…

govinfo.gov
May 21, 2025

it is hard to take my colleagues on the other side of the aisle seriously when they give speech after speech after speech complaining about the deficit and then support this reconciliation bill that adds trillions of dollars to the…

govinfo.gov
Apr 29, 2026

Other than to say that that assumes that the Federal regulations that they come up with will be better than what they have already come up with. This could be worse, could be better. The problem is, if you don't actually comply, you could…

govinfo.gov
May 20, 2026

This bill bars any discussion of transgender people or topics in the classroom.

arkansasadvocate.com

Other voices in this conversation