White House Weekly Address: Calling on Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2014.

Hi, everybody. In this year of action, I said I’d do everything in my power to expand opportunity for more Americans.  And this week, I took action to lift more workers’ wages by requiring federal contractors to pay their employees a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour.  These are workers who serve our troops’ meals, wash their dishes, care for our veterans – Americans who work hard and will…