The current minimum wage simply is not supporting Ohio's working families.
I don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.
I thought I was gonna be in the minimum-wage working world all my life.
It is time this Congress listened to the American people and minimum-wage workers, and it is time that we act.
Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.
6.6 million people will benefit from a rise in the minimum wage.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.
It is easier to wage war with wise enemies than be at peace with foolish friends.
Raising the minimum wage isn't just pro-worker; it's pro-economic growth.
You get paid more at McDonald's than you do under the existing minimum wage.
Those of us in the Congress must confront and overcome Republican intransigence to increasing the minimum wage, extending unemployment insurance and protecting food stamps.
No person can maximize the American Dream on the minimum wage.
Recall that the minimum wage was initially conceived as a method to exclude undesirables from the workforce.
The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.
It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.
Today a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas. That is simply shameful.
I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs aren't paying enough to keep families out of poverty.
