Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise…

Trade plays an important role in empowering our nation, growing its economy, creating domestic jobs, and enhancing American competitiveness in the global chain of…

— Charles Boustany

“Although much has been written about the decline of American competitiveness, in many ways this new global market plays to our strengths. The constant…

— Walter B. Wriston

The issue for me is American competitiveness, and how do we best create a climate here that allows international capital to come to these…

— Vito Fossella

Obviously, the domestic need is to shape an economic policy that assures long-term healthy economic growth and a reassertion of American competitiveness in international…

— Walter F. Mondale

The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy.…

— Robert Reich

American workers deserve a raise. I fully support the push for $15 an hour and a union. We also must raise wages for low…

— Jan Schakowsky

For TPP to get my vote, it must benefit America's middle class, raise wages, and safeguard the consumer and environmental protections that we rely…

— Dan Lipinski

“WE HAVE ALREADY seen some of the harmful results of arbitrary governmental efforts to raise the price of favored commodities. The same sort of…

— Henry Hazlitt

We should put hardworking families first by voting on legislation to create jobs, raise wages, provide equal pay for women, invest in education, protect…

— Jan Schakowsky

By finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions and billions of dollars, and make our communities safer…

— Donald Trump

Grow jobs. Get this economy growing. Raise wages. Simplify the tax system, so it's easy to comply with.

— Paul Ryan

Let me be blunt, employers do have to raise wages if they can't attract enough employees. That's the free market, that's how it works.

— Pierre Poilievre

In order to encourage the private sector to raise wages, we must create a virtuous cycle of wage increases and corporate growth to enable…

— Fumio Kishida

“...at bottom he did not believe the people wanted reform; they wanted a ten percent raise in wages. The public mind was a thing…

— Sherwood Anderson

We are all better off when we raise skills in our state, and I know that Republicans and Democrats are going to hear from…

— Gretchen Whitmer