[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H1297-H1298]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE

  (Mr. FATTAH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I come today just to take this 1 minute to 
talk to my fellow colleagues here in the Congress and to all those who 
listen out in the heartland of our Nation about the desire now among 
many of our leaders to raise the minimum wage.
  The President of the United States and many Members of this Congress 
and the vast majority of Americans want to see the minimum wage 
increased. Now we have heard from the majority that they passed a 
balanced budget amendment because the majority of the people in our 
country want that to be passed, and the line-item veto and on and on 
and on about how this is the people's House, and they are doing what 
the people want done.
  Well, the vast overwhelming majority of Americans have now made it 
known that they would like to see the minimum wage raised, and so that 
you do not appear to be contradicting yourself, I would ask that the 
majority join 
 [[Page H1298]] with us as we seek a small 90-cent increase over 2 
years for the minimum wage for millions of Americans who deserve to 
have their work rewarded.

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