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Patrick Leahy: “The administration claims that the fiscal year 2018 proposed budget cuts and eliminations will help your Department…”

On the recordJune 26, 2017
The administration claims that the fiscal year 2018 proposed budget cuts and eliminations will help your Department streamline its activities in states by reducing inefficient and duplicative programs; however, the greatest impact on worker's lives would be to increase the Federal minimum wage.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy argues for raising the Federal minimum wage to improve workers' lives.

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