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Josh Shapiro: “Electing those, picking up those two state Senate seats and…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Where are Our Leaders? A Conversation with Governor Josh Shapiro

Published | Video Starts at 34:18

I could make an argument that people's daily lives are impacted more every day by their state legislatures and their governors. Again, no disrespect to anyone who's working hard and doing the right thing in D.C. and so to me, Electing those, picking up those two state Senate seats and holding on to our House, that's going to allow me to do things like raising the minimum wage. and helping more people. Yeah. And you put your money where your mouth is. You're like, look, I've tried it. Every single time you give me two more seats, look what I'll be able to do for you. (34:18–34:27)

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Asserts that gaining two state Senate seats would enable raising the minimum wage.

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