[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 38 (Thursday, March 6, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H2202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      LET'S RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE

  (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, once again, to call for this 
body to bring H.R. 1010 to the floor and raise the Federal minimum 
wage.
  My colleagues on the other side of the aisle will falsely claim that 
this will kill jobs. They misrepresent the findings of a recent CBO 
report. The important takeaway from that CBO report is that raising the 
minimum wage to $10.10 an hour will raise the wages of more than 16 
million Americans and bring nearly 1 million Americans out of poverty.
  In the 1990s, when the Clinton administration raised the minimum 
wage, the Republicans also argued that doing so would kill jobs, but 
the exact opposite happened. What we saw following the minimum wage 
increase in the 1990s was the greatest number of jobs created in a 4-
year period.
  A rising tide lifts all boats, Mr. Speaker. Let's raise the minimum 
wage. Let's grow our economy, and let's put people back to work.

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