Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue.

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Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse...

Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse...

For the second straight year, craft beer is the fastest growing segment of the U.S....

For the second straight year, craft beer is the fastest growing segment of the U.S....

About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and...

About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and...

So the only way we're going to improve fuel economy or appliance efficiency swiftly and...

So the only way we're going to improve fuel economy or appliance efficiency swiftly and...

Our oil problems are only going to get worse. Our trade balance is only going...

Our oil problems are only going to get worse. Our trade balance is only going...

The U.S. uses most of its oil for transportation. We can limit U.S. demand for...

The U.S. uses most of its oil for transportation. We can limit U.S. demand for...

And autos are not the only product that could be made more energy efficient if...

And autos are not the only product that could be made more energy efficient if...

Craft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and...

Craft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and...

First, we should not be opening our coasts, all of our coasts, to oil drilling...

First, we should not be opening our coasts, all of our coasts, to oil drilling...

We need to reduce or at least limit U.S. demand for oil as quickly as...

We need to reduce or at least limit U.S. demand for oil as quickly as...

Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures...

Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures...

So we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action...

So we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action...

The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21...

The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21...

Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that...

Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that...

The way things are going, we are not too far from the day when it...

The way things are going, we are not too far from the day when it...

I don't see a groundswell of people willing to raise gas taxes right now. That...

I don't see a groundswell of people willing to raise gas taxes right now. That...

But our energy woes are in many ways the result of classic market failures that...

But our energy woes are in many ways the result of classic market failures that...