[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18039-18040]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                        RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE

  (Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of 
raising the minimum wage. Less than a month ago in this body I voted 
against raising the minimum wage. Now why would I vote against raising 
the minimum wage? There is no Member in this House that supports 
raising the

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minimum wage more than I do. I clearly understand that a person cannot 
live on $10,700 a year. But it was a poison pill. As we said in the 
Florida House, it was the kiss of death because it was tied to an 
estate tax that would have taken trillions of dollars out of the budget 
and we would have had to cut education, health care and so many other 
programs that we care about.
  The Bible says the poor will always be with us, but our job is to 
help raise the standard. Give us a clean bill on this floor and let's 
vote to help the American people.

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