Congressman Conyers: Judiciary Republicans Vote Against Minimum Wage

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Today House Judiciary Republicans voted resoundingly against giving working families an increase in the minimum wage.

In a bill to shield equipment manufacturers from workplace injury lawsuits (H.R. 3509), Republicans defeated an amendment by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee which would have limited liability relief to only those companies that pay their employees a minimum wage of $7.25. The amendment was defeated on a party line vote, with all Democrats voting yes, and all Republicans voting no.

This amendment is a common sense attempt to counter a bill that strips hard working Americans of their ability to obtain justice. There is no reason that we should be enabling workplace injury while neglecting to provide a living wage to employees.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee tells it like it is when she "it is scandalous that a person can work full-time at the minimum wage and earn an annual salary well below the poverty line."

The minimum wage has stagnated at $5.15 an hour for nine years. A person working full-time at the minimum wage would only earn $10,700 annually.

Democrats stand for a fair living wage. Hard working families should be able to pull themselves up out of poverty. We will continue to fight at every opportunity for an up-or-down vote on a fair increase in the minimum wage.

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