[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15045]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  IT IS TIME TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE

  (Mr. AL GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, it is past time to raise the 
minimum wage. It was last raised in 1997. Currently, a person working 
full time at $5.15 an hour will make $10,712 per year. The poverty line 
is $13,461 for a family of two.
  We must raise the minimum wage. No one should work full time and 
stand in a welfare line. No one should work full time and live below 
the poverty line. People do not want welfare. People want self-care.
  It is time to raise the minimum wage.

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