[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14286]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MIDDLE CLASS JUMPSTART

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Madam Speaker, while House Republicans spend the next 2 
weeks bringing up silly partisan bills aimed at embarrassing the 
President, House Democrats remain focused on the real solutions that 
matter to the American people.
  It is time to put the middle class above partisan politics. It is 
time to vote to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour and give 
struggling families a real chance to be in the middle class.
  What is wrong with women receiving equal pay for equal work? Let's 
bring the Paycheck Fairness Act to the floor to make sure that women 
are treated equally in the workplace.
  These bills and many others are part of the Democrats' Middle Class 
Jumpstart America agenda, a plan to fight for the middle class, put 
families before special interests, and reignite the American Dream for 
all those who want to work hard for it.
  Let's put partisan politics aside and help the people that are 
struggling out there in the middle class to get back on their feet.

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