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James Talarico: “We haven't raised the minimum wage in this country in 15…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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Published | Video Starts at 20:17

Until it comes to feeding the hungry, until it comes to caring for the sick, until it comes to serving the poor. You talked about people being long term on food assistance. I would say the reason for that is because We haven't raised the minimum wage in this country in 15 years. Here in Texas, it's still a little over $7 an hour. We allow these giant multinational corporations making record profits to pay people poverty level wages. (20:17–20:22)

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Asserts that the federal minimum wage has not been raised in 15 years.

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