[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 55 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3827]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   RAISING MINIMUM WAGE A MORAL ISSUE

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans in this House just 
do not get it. The American people want an increase in the minimum 
wage. They know, Mr. Speaker, even if you do not, that raising the 
minimum wage is the right thing to do.
  This is not just an economic issue, this is a moral issue. Mr. 
Speaker, you have the capacity, you have the ability, to bring a clean 
minimum wage bill to this floor. Do not fight, Mr. Speaker, what is 
right; do not fight what is right.
  On this issue there is a national bipartisan consensus. Let us do 
what the American people want us to do. Let us do what is right. Let us 
raise the minimum wage. Struggling, hardworking people deserve the 
right to earn a livable income. Raise the minimum wage. Raise it now.

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