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On the recordSeptember 10, 2014
I would like to ask the gentleman if you signed the discharge petition so that we can force a vote in this House to raise the minimum wage in the remaining weeks we have before we finish the session for the year.
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Mark Pocan
Democratic · Wisconsin

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