[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20068]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     DO-LESS-THAN-NOTHING CONGRESS

  (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, working families are 
feeling the financial squeeze now more than ever. At a time when gas 
prices, tuition bills, and housing costs are skyrocketing, real wages 
for full-time workers are declining.
  Low-income families are suffering even more, with the lowest 
inflation adjustment minimum wage in 50 years. The Bush economy has 
made it difficult for the income of all working Americans to keep up 
with the rising costs. Democrats have a plan to reserve these misguided 
tax cuts and redirect them to the middle class and working people who 
need them most.
  Mr. Speaker, since the Republicans in this body have refused to raise 
the minimum wage for the past 9 years, and since they seem intent on 
adjourning this body before taking up a straight up-or-down vote on 
raising it, I now ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 2429, 
Congressman George Miller's Fair Minimum Wage Act.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the settled guidelines previously 
cited, that request cannot be entertained.
  Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida. Cannot be entertained under the 
Republican leadership.

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