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This government has always said increasing pay is something for something.

I think it's much more important to keep people in work than have pay rises.

This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.

The blunt tools of legislation or union power can force a corporation to pay higher wages, but if employees don't create an equal amount of additional value, there's no net gain.

When we lift the wage floor, it not only betters the lives of those whose wages are directly affected, it also lifts the economy as a whole.

If we want to increase revenue, we need more taxpayers. The way to do that is employ more people.

We have got a - we've got a good federal work force, but we have too many people, and we're paying them too much money.

If Congress is unable to do its job and pass a federal budget, then I do not believe we should receive a salary.

We have to raise the minimum wage.

I am in favor of high wages and agree that the higher the wages, the stronger the evidence of prosperity, provided (and that is the important point) they are so naturally, by the effectiveness of industry, and not in consequence of an inflated currency or any artificial regulation.