DNC: Dean On The Minimum Wage And Congressional Salaries

For Immediate Release
June 27, 2006
Contact: Stacie Paxton/Mark Paustenbach - 202-863-8148

Dean On The Minimum Wage And Congressional Salaries

Washington, DC - Today, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard
Dean issued the following statement on the Republican-controlled
Congress voting to raise their salaries while refusing to increase the
minimum wage after nearly a decade:

"Once again Republicans are putting what's good for them ahead of
what's good for America. The move by Congressional Republicans to
raise their own salaries, while blocking Democrats' efforts to
increase the minimum wage for millions of hard working Americans, again
demonstrates their real agenda of misplaced priorities. The
Republican-controlled Congress should be ashamed of itself. It is simply
indecent that millions of hard working Americans can't earn a decent
wage and struggle to make ends meet as they try to provide for
themselves and their families. Democrats will continue to stand up for
America's working families and fight for an increase in the minimum
wage before increasing their own salaries."

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