Alan Simpson: “If suddenly the procedure fails at this time, we will come back to it tomorrow or the next day, whatever it may be. But…”

“If suddenly the procedure fails at this time, we will come back to it tomorrow or the next day, whatever it may be. But since we want to talk about the substance of minimum wage, I think it is important then just quickly, if I may, to talk about it in connection with immigration, because the other day in debate the Senator from Massachusetts talked about janitors. Do you know what happened to janitors in the last 15 years? Janitors in Los Angeles in public buildings were making $12 an hour or $14. You know what they make now? $6. You know why? Because we in this body have allowed a glut of immigration to come to the United States and especially to that city, and the union janitors no longer are in a job at $12. The nonunion foreign immigrants came and knocked off the union wage. Now we have the situation--if we are wanting to talk about the plight of janitors--there is a study by the General Accounting Office noting that janitors in downtown Los Angeles office buildings had won excellent wages and working conditions through their unions since World War II.”