Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Senate Parliamentarian’s decision to exclude a radical provision mandating a federal wage hike from the Democrats’ budget reconciliation scheme:
"Workers and small businesses face devastating days ahead if a radical $15 federal minimum wage is enacted, hurting most the people Democrats claim it will help. This radical provision will destroy millions of jobs while Americans are desperate to reenter the workforce, redistribute – not reduce – poverty, and significantly increase costs for families at a time when many are forced to tighten their belts.
"Now that the Senate Parliamentarian has stopped Democrats’ unprecedented efforts, it’s time for House Democrats to do away with this partisan scheme and start working across the aisle to deliver meaningful, bipartisan relief to the American people."
