[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 55 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3826]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         RAISE MINIMUM WAGE NOW

  (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, yesterday Newt Gingrich and his leadership 
team stiffed America's hardworking families once again. These are the 
families who work hard; they play by the rules. They are working longer 
and harder to pay the bills to save for education and for retirement.
  These families support an increase in the minimum wage. Eighty-four 
percent of the American people favor raising the minimum wage, 
everyone, that is, except for the House Republican leadership.
  Yesterday the Republican majority leader said he will not schedule a 
vote on the minimum wage. Why do House Republicans continue to give 
working families the back of their hand rather than extending a hand? 
Because, as a top business lobbyist said yesterday, we made them, and 
this is a quote, ``We made them the majority.'' Republicans continue to 
pay off their special interest pals rather than helping America's 
hardworking families.
  Mr. Speaker, this is the people's House, not the House of special 
interests. Stop hurting working families in this country. Raise the 
minimum wage now.

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