[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 50 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ALLOW VOTE TO RAISE MINIMUM WAGE

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, the House Republican leadership continues 
to pursue policies that hurt America's working families.
  Just look at their continued opposition to the minimum wage. Even 
though the typical minimum wage worker is a woman in her twenties who 
is often the sole wage earner in the family, the House Republican 
leadership continues to dig in its heels in opposition to raising the 
minimum wage by a mere 90 cents from its 40-year low.
  The fourth-ranking House Republican said yesterday that raising the 
minimum wage ``is horrible economic policy.'' And the Republican 
majority leader says he would fight the minimum wage, ``with every 
fiber of my being.''
  But despite their rock-like resistance, the Republican leadership can 
no longer duck voting to increase the minimum wage.
  Stop toying with the lives of America's hard working families. Let us 
have a vote to raise the minimum wage.

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