Jim McDermott actually said...

It strikes me that, year after year, the basket of goods that people can buy has dropped over the course of time with the minimum wage.

I think that, you know, we have to look at what we have accomplished. We have reduced the deficit by half.

You are witnessing a rare occurrence, I think, in the modern-day Congress, a Democrat and a Republican working together on something.

The issue that we are dealing with here is not Democrat, is not Republican. It is kids that are ground up in the system.