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Greg Casar: “Passed policies to raise the minimum wage for people working…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Texas Rep. Greg Casar Tells Forbes How He Would Address 'Humanitarian Crisis' At Southern Border

Published | Video Starts at 07:26

As a city council member, after I was an organizer, ran for my for a local office, became a city council member, passed things like eviction protections, Passed policies to raise the minimum wage for people working on city projects up to $15 an hour, now up to $20 an hour. minimum again. Now today we're seeing the state legislature not working to help people, but to potentially go and undo things like a $15 an hour minimum wage go and undo things like water breaks or eviction protections for renters. (07:26–07:34)

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Asserts that minimum wage policies were passed to raise wages for city project workers to $20 an hour.

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