I have been told that as little as $8 in one day in tips were being made by one of my constituents. so I am concerned not only about the $7.25 an hour. the minimum wage. but also about the $2.13 an hour. I also supported H.R. 1010. which was filed in the last Congress. and it also indexed the minimum wage. not to poverty. but it did index the minimum wage. I will be concerned about comprehensive immigration reform because in my district. I have a good many persons who are the sons and daughters of immigrants who came here not of their own volition. Many of them came and discovered that they were not American citizens after graduating from high school. I support what the President has done with his executive order. I have to support what he has done with his executive order. given that I am the beneficiary of the greatest executive order ever written: the Emancipation Proclamation. It did not free the slaves. but it did pave the way for the passage of the 13th Amendment. I am honored to say that I support what the President has done. but we still must have comprehensive immigration reform because there is much more to be done. With millions of people living in the shadows. we need to know who is in the country. and we also need to make sure those who are in the country pay their fair share of taxes. that they are a part of the infrastructure that elevates the countrythe economic infrastructureand to do this. we need comprehensive immigration reform. I am also concerned very much about our veterans. This is why in the last Congress. we passed the language that was in the HAVEN Act in the defense authorization bill.
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