[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 10, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H258]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PASS FAIR MINIMUM WAGE ACT

  (Mr. LOEBSACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LOEBSACK. Mr. Speaker, the Fair Minimum Wage Act is aptly named 
because this legislation is about fairness, about shrinking the ever-
widening gap between those who can afford to live in our society and 
those who struggle every day to make ends meet.
  My constituents in Iowa and people across America are working harder, 
but they are not receiving the fruits of their labor, and many face 
daily financial hardships.
  I am very concerned that while Congress has failed to raise the 
minimum wage for the past 10 years, the salaries of the Members of this 
body have risen dramatically. For the past 10 years, the minimum wage 
remains stagnant at $5.15 an hour, but annual congressional salaries 
rose by more than three times what a minimum wage earner makes in a 
year.
  I call on all of my colleagues today to promptly increase the minimum 
wage and show America that we are about fairness, about rewarding those 
who work hard day in and day out.

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