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Bobby Scott: “Low-income workers are being better paid because of State minimum wage laws that most Republicans opposed. And jobs…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2020
Low-income workers are being better paid because of State minimum wage laws that most Republicans opposed. And jobs created in the 35 months of the Trump administration are fewer than the jobs created in the last 35 months of the Obama administration. I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wilson), chair of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia
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Feb 6, 2020

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