Remarks by President Obama on Raising the Minimum Wage, April 30, 2014

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2014. 

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody.  Please have a seat.  Good afternoon. 

AUDIENCE MEMBER:  Aloha!

THE PRESIDENT:  Aloha.  (Laughter.)  Got a Hawaiian guy here.

After 14 months since I’ve called on Congress to reward the hard work of millions of Americans like the ones who we have here today to raise the federal minimum wage, we saw this morning a majority of senators saying “yes,” but almost every Republican saying “no” to…