I'm not against increasing the minimum wage. It's just that I don't think we have sufficient information to get it through the Senate and the House. It's hard to go to legislators with inconclusive data. |
The poverty here is real, there's absolutely no doubt about it. If you can help them gradually take those steps out of poverty, you're going to fix many things. |
There's two days left in the session, and leadership has been very open to us. There's still money left. |
We really need to find out, No. 1, the characteristics of these people, and No. 2, how many of them are earning minimum wage and accessing public assistance. |