Mark Pocan: “Thank you, Representative Schakowsky, for your many years of advocacy on behalf of the low-wage worker. When you talked…”

“Thank you, Representative Schakowsky, for your many years of advocacy on behalf of the low-wage worker. When you talked about businessowners, one of the things I think about as someone who's been in business my entire adult life is just the fact that you always call us ``job creators.'' I like to think of the consumer as the job creator. When I have someone buying from my business, that allows me to be able to hire someone. If we help people have more money in their pocket, they're the job creators. Each and every one of those people are the job creators we're talking about. Again, thank you so much. We've been joined by another strong progressive, Representative Rick Nolan from Minnesota. I know that he also has been an outspoken advocate when it comes to the plight of the low-wage workers, and I would like to yield to Representative Rick Nolan from northern Minnesota.”