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Kirsten Gillibrand: “Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would help 33…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Brookings Summit on Social Mobility with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Published | Video Starts at 19:05

She'd get $10.10 an hour. It'd bring her income up to $21,000 a year. She's one step closer to getting out of poverty and moving into the middle class. Now, Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would help 33 million Americans, 17 million women. many women with children just like Lucilla. Millions of mothers immediately would be able to do more to support their families and put that money right back into the economy. (19:05–19:14)

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Asserts that raising the minimum wage to $10.10 would benefit 33 million Americans, including 17 million women.

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