You know, as chairman of the committee that deals with this Stuff the idea that we have a $7.25 an hour minimum wage when 60% of our people living paycheck to paycheck is abysmal. You gotta raise that minimum wage to a living wage, which I would say would be $17 an hour at least. I think that also we're seeing, as you may be aware, a revitalization of the trade union movement. And Politico is a unionized company. Pardon me? Politico is a unionized company. (21:11–21:19)
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Asserts that the minimum wage should be raised to at least $17 an hour.
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