Government Quote by J. B. Pritzker

Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue.

— Sherwood Boehlert

It has now been over 7 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage to its current level of $5.15 per hour. Since that…

— Jon Corzine

The American people want to raise the minimum wage. Every poll tells us that. That bill will not get to the floor of the…

— Bernie Sanders

I've been very outspoken that the minimum wage needs to rise.

— Brad Schneider

I do not support raising the minimum wage, and the reason is as follows. When the minimum wage is raised, workers are priced out…

— John Sununu

Working-class Americans have waited too long, close to a decade in fact, for an increase in the minimum wage. This has been the second…

— Bill Pascrell

The bottom has fallen out of America's wage floor. And the erosion of the minimum wage has lowered pay and working standards for all…

— Richard Trumka

Our minimum wage is too low. So we need to raise it.

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

In the general economy, you get government involved in making market decisions - first of all, they're going to get it wrong. For a…

— Ron Johnson

I believe increasing minimum wage it's not just the minimum wage, it's a living wage.

— Alison Lundergan Grimes

Oftentimes when you have the federal government or others step in and start to raise minimum wage, what happens is you take away or…

— Kevin Madden

Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation.

— Russ Carnahan