Press Releases
Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami
202-226-7616
07/24/2007
Pelosi: Increase in Minimum Wage Signals a New Direction in Our Country
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi participated in a
rally in Upper Senate Park this afternoon celebrating the increase in the
minimum wage this afternoon. Below are
her remarks:
“Thank you all very much.
“Leader Reid, it seems like yesterday we were here urging
the Senate to end the war in
“This is a day that signals change. Because people who went to work this morning,
who go to work every day to provide for their families today will have their
work rewarded more fully. It’s not
enough, but it’s a great start. And it’s
part of a progressive agenda for economic growth in our country that talks
about rewarding work, about educating our people.
“Because of Congressman George Miller, the House passed the
best tuition package for helping kids go to college since the GI Bill in
1944. They seem to go together, this
commitment to the future. In the Senate,
Senator Kennedy took the lead on the minimum wage; he’s taking the lead on the
higher education package as well.
“So it’s about jobs, it’s about education, it’s about SCHIP,
it’s about having affordable health care for millions more of America’s
children. It’s about affordable housing;
it’s about honoring our promises to our veterans.
“This is about the future, it’s about fairness, and it’s
about having many more Americans participate in the economic success of our
country, where our prosperity is shared because of a progressive economic
agenda.
“This is just the beginning.
“In the coming months, we will expand cost-effective health coverage for millions of uninsured children; lower energy costs for all Americans, and create the next generation of good-paying American jobs by growing our renewable energy and technology sectors.”