[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1974]
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            SUPPORT THE MINIMUM WAGE WITH THE MINIMUM TRUTH

  (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in the last few days 
I have gotten a tremendous number of calls from people concerned about 
what might happen to the minimum wage. One of the reasons why much of 
that concern is coming is because I represent a district right next to 
one of our leaders here, Mr. Armey, who has been talking about doing 
away with the minimum wage altogether and talks about Charlie, who lost 
his job because of an increase in the minimum wage back in 1977.
  Well, they tell me that is not true, and I saw in the Washington Post 
yesterday that it was proven that was not a true story.
  I simply ask, Mr. Speaker, that when our leaders get up to attempt to 
talk about why they want certain policies, they should just tell the 
truth. No one has lost a job because of an increase in the minimum 
wage.
  Mr. Speaker, I would ask all of us to look very closely at what we 
pledge when we say, ``with liberty and justice for all.'' Our working 
poor have to be considered. We cannot expect that all of us will know 
how to make decisions if we do not have at least a minimum truth in our 
support of the minimum wage.

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