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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 109 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 109 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 151 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2005 No. 137 House of Representatives The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was ily Foundation that the average cost of tion is sorely needed. People who work called to order by the Speaker pro tem- health insurance premiums for a fam- full time all year at $5.15 an hour earn pore (Mr. ISSA). ily of four has for the first time sur- just $10,700 a year, putting them $5,000 f passed the annual income of a min- below the official poverty line for a imum wage earner. That means that if family of three. Raising the minimum DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO you work all year long at the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour would add an- TEMPORE wage and you pay your health insur- other $4,370 to their income. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- ance premiums, you have no money An increase in the minimum wage fore the House the following commu- left over for anything else. would directly benefit 7.5 milllion nication from the Speaker: Last week, Democrats in the House workers. Of those 7.5 million workers, and Senate sought to raise the min- three-quarters are 20 years old or older. WASHINGTON, DC, Roughly 44 percent of minimum wage October 25, 2005. imum wage, but the Republican leader- I hereby appoint the Honorable DARRELL E. ship in Congress defeated our efforts. workers work full time. Nearly two- ISSA to act as Speaker pro tempore on this Instead, Congress continues to deny thirds of them are women. They end up day. America’s most vulnerable workers the at the end of the year poor and below J. DENNIS HASTERT, very basic wage necessary to help them poverty. Speaker of the House of Representatives. support their families. Where is Con- I welcome Wal-Mart to the table. I urge them to use the considerable f gress’ sense of decency and fairness to- power and influence it has to press wards those Americans who simply MORNING HOUR DEBATES hard for Congress to raise the min- want, and need, to see work pay? imum wage. Americans need a raise. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Now, a major player in the world Democrats know it. Most Americans ant to the order of the House of Janu- economy has said that it agrees that know it. And now Wal-Mart knows it. ary 4, 2005, the Chair will now recog- the national minimum wage must be When will the Republican leadership nize Members from lists submitted by increased. We welcome Wal-Mart to the majority and minority leaders for and President Bush finally get the mes- this debate. Wal-Mart’s CEO said today sage that it is time to treat these morning hour debates. The Chair will that the minimum wage should be alternate recognition between the par- workers with some decency and to pro- raised. Here is what he said: vide for an increase in the minimum ties, with each party limited to not to ‘‘The U.S. minimum wage of $5.15 an exceed 30 minutes, and each Member, wage? hour has not been raised in nearly a I include in the CONGRESSIONAL except the majority leader, the minor- decade and we believe it is out of date RECORD an article from today about ity leader, or the minority whip, lim- with the times. We can see firsthand at Wal-Mart’s CEO calling for a hike in ited to not to exceed 5 minutes. Wal-Mart how many of our customers the minimum wage. The Chair recognizes the gentleman are struggling to get by. Our customers WAL-MART CALLS FOR MINIMUM WAGE HIKE from California (Mr. GEORGE MILLER) simply don’t have the money to buy for 5 minutes. [From CNN/Money, Oct. 25, 2005] basic necessities between paychecks.’’ Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott said he’s urging f Wal-Mart recognizes what most Congress to consider raising the minimum Americans have known, and Democrats wage so that Wal-Mart customers don’t have RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE in Congress have been saying, for to struggle paycheck to paycheck. Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. years, that millions of Americans can- Scott told Wal-Mart (Research) directors Mr. Speaker, today I rise on behalf of not afford even the most basic neces- and executives in a speech Monday that he millions of American working men and sities of life on today’s minimum wage. believes ‘‘it is time for Congress to take a look at the minimum wage and other legisla- women who are in desperate need of a I don’t see eye to eye with Wal-Mart on tion that can help working families.’’ raise. It has been a disgraceful 8 years many important issues, but the com- ‘‘The U.S. minimum wage of $5.15 an hour since Congress last voted to raise the pany is right about the minimum wage has not been raised in nearly a decade and national minimum wage which is stuck and it deserves praise for taking this we believe it is out of date with the times,’’ today at only $5.15 an hour. A person position and it deserves to be listened Scott said. ‘‘We can see first-hand at Wal- making the minimum wage today to in this case. Mart how many of our customers are strug- would have to work for the better part I have introduced legislation to in- gling to get by. Our customers simply don’t have the money to buy basic necessities be- of an hour just to afford a single gallon crease the minimum wage from $5.15 an tween pay checks.’’ of milk or a gallon of gasoline. It was hour to $7.25 in three increments over a Given increasing gas prices and other eco- recently announced by the Kaiser Fam- little more than 2 years. This legisla- nomic pressures on Wal-Mart customers, b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H9049 . VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:06 Oct 26, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25OC7.000 H25OCPT1 H9050 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 25, 2005 Scott went on to say that Wal-Mart shoppers ary 4, 2005, the gentleman from Florida Medicaid reform plan that will allow will further be challenged to ‘‘support them- (Mr. STEARNS) is recognized during Florida beneficiaries to choose health selves and their families.’’ morning hour debates for 5 minutes. care plans that best suit their needs, ‘‘While it is unusual for us to take a public Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, today for the first time introducing competi- position on a public policy issue of this kind, the House Committee on Energy and we simply believe it is time for Congress to tion and consumer choice to this gov- take a responsible look at the minimum Commerce will begin the long road to ernment-funded health care program. wage and other legislation that may help meaningful Medicaid reform and I am Florida will begin the phase-in of this working families,’’ he said. proud to be part of this effort. Think unprecedented demonstration in two Wal-Mart maintains that it pays above the back just a decade ago when, together, counties, Broward and Duval, in July current $5.15 an hour minimum wage to its the Republican-led Congress and then 2006. A statewide implementation plan employees. President Clinton, the Democrat Presi- will follow. The demonstration is ap- As the world’s largest retailer and largest dent, enacted a successful welfare re- proved to run through June 30, 2011. U.S. non-union private sector employer with form with a transformation of the pro- My colleagues, these are opportuni- more than 1.3 million ‘‘associates’’ in its ties in Medicaid coverage where vast U.S. stores, Wal-Mart has been a lightning gram from a sixties-era program that rod for criticism about its wage and benefits became a way of life to a temporary as- savings could be realized. More impor- policy as well as lawsuits alleging gender sistance program, sort of a hand and tantly, quality of life can be vastly im- discrimination. It continues to draw fire for not a handout. I believe we can do this proved if beneficiaries would make allegedly stifling small businesses and together for Medicaid. healthier, more responsible, more for- squeezing its vendors. The Medicaid program that is vitally ward-looking choices. This could be Scott also discussed a new health-care sustaining for some people has become implemented with a carrot, not a stick, package with lower premiums for Wal-Mart a leaking raft, carrying too many oth- strategy and it is not such a radical de- workers. ers whom we want to help obtain parture from other insurance models The new ‘‘Value option’’ plan, which will that we see today. The auto insurance be introduced Jan. 1 2006, offers insurance health care with options in competi- coverage of $23 a month ‘‘and kids covered tion and consumer choice. It is time to industry has given safe driver dis- for less than 50 cents per day . no matter take a fresh look at Medicaid.
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