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Bernie Sanders: “The federal minimum wage is an abysmal $7.25 an hour.”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Bernie Sanders campaigning for Kamala Harris, Baraboo, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 47:24

Let me talk a little bit about basic workers needs. I am embarrassed to tell you what you already know, and that in Washington right now, The federal minimum wage is an abysmal $7.25 an hour. Now, I was. I was in Texas a couple of weeks ago, and I was talking to some people. I had always assumed that nobody in America is actually making $7.25. (47:24–47:31)

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Asserts that the federal minimum wage in the U.S. is $7.25 an hour.

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