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“SOMETHING FISHY” WITH MINIMUM WAGE BILL CO-SPONSORED BY WALZ/LASTNAME
By Michael B. Brodkorb | January 14, 2007
"House Republicans yesterday declared 'something fishy' about the major tuna company in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco district being exempted from the minimum-wage increase that Democrats approved this week.
'I am shocked,' said Rep. Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican and his party's chief deputy whip, noting that Mrs. Pelosi campaigned heavily on promises of honest government. 'Now we find out that she is exempting hometown companies from minimum wage. This is exactly the hypocrisy and double talk that we have come to expect from the Democrats.'
On Wednesday, the House voted to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 per hour.
The bill also extends for the first time the federal minimum wage to the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands. However, it exempts American Samoa, another Pacific island territory that would become the only U.S. territory not subject to federal minimum-wage laws.
One of the biggest opponents of the federal minimum wage in Samoa is StarKist Tuna, which owns one of the two packing plants that together employ more than 5,000 Samoans, or nearly 75 percent of the island's work force. StarKist's parent company, Del Monte Corp., has headquarters in San Francisco, which is represented by Mrs. Pelosi. The other plant belongs to California-based Chicken of the Sea.
'There's something fishy going on here,' said Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, North Carolina Republican.
During the House debate yesterday on stem-cell research, Mr. McHenry raised a parliamentary inquiry as to whether an amendment could be offered that would exempt American Samoa from stem-cell research, 'just as it was for the minimum-wage bill.'" Source: Washington Times, January 12, 2007
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This "fishy" minimum wage bill was co-sponsored by Congressman Tim Walz AKA Congressman FirstName Last Name.
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January 14th, 2007 at 5:08 PM
As I recall, McHenry got the smack-down when he didn’t know what a parliamentary procedure was when they were talking about it on the minimun wage bill. It was pretty funny. He kept on throwing himself against a brick wall over and over again,.
January 14th, 2007 at 5:59 PM
Oh this is rich.
“Here, watch us cut the pork” the Democrats say out one side of their mouth while inventing a new form of “bringing home the tuna” by simply exempting influential voices in their district from laws.
Less pork.
More tuna.
Same old Democrats.
January 14th, 2007 at 6:19 PM
Throwing himself at a brick wall over and over again… The Dude, that describes this website quite nicely, thank you.
January 14th, 2007 at 7:11 PM
Nancy Pelosi got exactly what she wanted.
They took advantage of a great political environment and elected a bunch of Congressmen FirstName LastNames, and Walz just happens to be the one who doesn’t represent Minnesota’s First District.
One of Congressman FirstName LastName’s first Pelosi duties was to author a bill that hiked the minimum wage, except for a huge company in her district. Congressman FirstName LastName champions a ridiculous increase in the minimum wage, but doesn’t think it is a good idea for American Samoa, where the company in Pelosi’s district employs about 75% of the workforce.
One of his subsequent duties was to give the rebuttal to President Bush’s radio address on an issue that just days earlier he told a newspaper that the Democrats have NO PLAN.
Voters of the First District, the more you learn about Pelosi’s Minnesota version of her little team of Congressmen FirstName LastName, the more buyer’s remorse I suspect you will have.
January 15th, 2007 at 10:40 AM
As I have previously posted, the minimum wage hike is a non-factor in the economy for the most part. Many places are already paying higher wages.
Having said that, this reeks with hypocrisy. I am going to ask Colin Peterson a straight up question about this the next time he is in Marshall. I think all members of both parties who voted for this need to be confronted about this hypocrisy. If it is going to be raised, there should be no exceptions. None.
July 9th, 2009 at 8:01 AM
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