Congress Quote by Jon Corzine

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

“We’re taught to think of the minimum wage as a mechanism for helping people earn more. What it actually does is prevent people from…

— Don Watkins

The minimum wage is something that F.D.R. put in place a long time ago during the Great Depression. I don't think it worked then.…

— John Raese

Raising the minimum wage is very efficient. Everybody's on the same playing field, it's a very simple rule, it doesn't require a lot of…

— Nick Hanauer

When I started in the business, the minimum wage was $1.25. I've seen an enormous number of wage increases. Basically, it applies evenly to…

— Fred DeLuca

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

“Both political parties have moved to the right during the neoliberal period. Today’s New Democrats are pretty much what used to be called “moderate…

— Noam Chomsky

The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21 States across America will have a minimum wage exceeding…

— Sherwood Boehlert

At the current $5.15 an hour, the federal minimum wage has become a poverty wage. A full-time worker with one child lives below the…

— Bernie Sanders

The minimum wage was enacted in 1937 during the Great Depression and it has been increased 16 times. It's a well-established economic policy to help families.

— John Freeman

It takes so long for the folks who are earning minimum wage to finally see a little bit of a rise... that it takes…

— J. B. Pritzker

Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 will benefit about 28 million workers across the country. And it will help businesses, too - raising the…

— Thomas Perez