#minimum wage

Thousands of Ohio families are going deeper and deeper in debt just trying to pay their heating bills, fill prescriptions, and buy groceries. The current minimum wage is simply not enough. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

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The minimum wage was enacted in 1937 during the Great Depression and it has been increased 16 times. It's a well-established economic policy to help families. ↗

— John Freeman

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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. ↗

— Bill Pascrell

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Working-class Americans have waited too long, close to a decade in fact, for an increase in the minimum wage. This has been the second longest period without a pay raise since the Federal minimum wage law was first enacted in 1938. ↗

— Bill Pascrell

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6.6 million people will benefit from a rise in the minimum wage. ↗

— Russ Carnahan

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Today, the Federal minimum wage purchases less than it has at any point in the last 50 years. Let me repeat: The Federal minimum wage purchases less than it has at any point in the last 50 years. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses. ↗

— J. D. Hayworth

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The current minimum wage simply is not supporting Ohio's working families. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

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Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation. ↗

— Russ Carnahan

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No family gets rich from earning the minimum wage. In fact, the current minimum wage does not even lift a family out of poverty. ↗