[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5387]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     REPUBLICAN EXTREME AGENDA CONTINUES TODAY ON THE MINIMUM WAGE

  (Mr. WATT of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WATT of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, today we are going to see 
the rest of the story, the rest of this extreme agenda that the 
Republican leadership has been playing out all this term of Congress. 
We have seen it in Medicare, we have seen it in an erosion of 
occupational safety, we have seen it in an effort to allow the big cats 
to raid pension plans, we have seen it in wage and hour laws changes, 
and today we see the rest of the story: They are coming today to try to 
do away with the minimum wage.
  Now they are talking about giving a minimum wage increase, but the 
truth of the matter is this bill will attempt to repeal the minimum 
wage for three-fourths, 75 percent, in fact, of the companies in this 
country, and that is outrageous and unacceptable and extreme.
  The rest of the iceberg will be seen today.

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