Washington,
D.C.
– U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) issued the following statement on the
Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) report on raising the minimum
wage to $15 per hour:
“The
CBO has confirmed what we already knew: a universal and arbitrary federal
$15-per-hour minimum wage will destroy jobs across the country. Our economy and
job market are on the way back. A step like this, that CBO projects could kill
between 1.4 million and 2.7 million jobs, is a surefire way to pull the rug out
from under our recovery, send people to the unemployment line in droves, and
eliminate job opportunities for so many entry-level workers.”
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