[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 23, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3668]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON GOVERNMENT BY INCREASING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF 
                    EMPLOYERS TO PAY A MINIMUM WAGE

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, we tried welfare reform without jobs. Do we 
want to put these same people to work without enough pay to live on? 
All the welfare reform in the world will not do what a raise in the 
minimum wage will do. One hundred thousand kids would come out of 
poverty the day we lift the minimum wage. No bureaucrats, no training, 
just a small hike in the minimum wage. Not 1 cent added to the deficit.
  Why should we subsidize employers with food stamps and other benefits 
in order to allow them to pay less than a minimum wage? Reduce 
dependency on Government by increasing the responsibility of employers 
to pay a minimum wage.

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