A family of four is still better off working for wages below the federal poverty line. $15 an hour will result in a 1 breadwinner household being ineligible for many federal and state heath care and supplemental income benefits. We are better than this.
It’s long past time to raise the minimum wage, so hardworking people earn at least $15 an hour.
I hope that Democratic control of the House and Senate will ensure prompt action to get it done.
My first resolution in Congress will be to call for the expulsion of the Republican members of Congress who incited this domestic terror attack on the Capitol.