House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks on how increasing the minimum wage would affect inflation.
Rep. Pelosi says increasing the minimum wage would "create jobs and have a very positive effect on our economy" (0:40).
June 21, 2006
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- William L. Wascher of the Federal Reserve System discusses the effects of the minimum wage on income distribution.
- Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at a press conference on a raise in minimum wage.
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- Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) discusses that minimum wage is a women’s, civil rights and fairness issue in a conference call briefing.
- Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute firmly comes out against coupling tax cuts with a minimum wage increase.
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