U. S. Senate here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the king of glory, your never failing providence sustains us. Today, inspire our lawmakers with the music of your wisdom that they may bring hope, joy, and unity to our nation and world. Remind our senators that even in the darkness, you are a sure guide. Lord, energize them to strive, to transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. And lord, in this new year, go before us to show us the way, behind us to press us forward, beside us to give us courage, above us to provide protection. And within us to give us your wisdom and discernment. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presidin
Raise we know that many of those workers work in the fastfood industry. The c. E. O. Of a fastfood corporation makes, we figure, about 8. 7 million a year. While his average employees make something about around 19,000 a year. And i dont im not one of those that says, well, thats you know, they have to work a million hours to get to the 8 million a year, but just to put in perspective whats happened with wages. As wages for c. E. O. s and for top management have gone up and up and up, and weve seen productivity of workers go up and up and up, we know that wages for those workers have simply not kept up. Not just minimumwage workers but workers overall. So since the 1970s, and especially since 2000, profits have gone up, productivity has gone up, executive salaries have gone up dramatically, yet workers wages have been stagnant. No better example of that, mr. President , than the minimum wage. The minimum wage was raised my first year in the senate, my first speech on the senate fliewfl