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Labor secretary. >> jd, respond to that. thomas makes the point that the labor secretary nominee is not someone supportive of, for example, a minimum wage. will those folks who are in that very dark and shaded part of the country get the relief they're looking for? >> well, i think a lot of folks in that part of the country when they think of the labor secretary they're probably more unset about his views on immigration than the minimum wage and we can sort of figure out which is more important from the perspective of low wage worker, but i really think that ultimately these voters are going t...

These are americans that work full time to support a family and if the minimum wage kept pace with productivity, they would be getting paid well over 10 $ an hour. instead the minimum wage is $7.25. when congress refuses to raise it, it loses value because there is inflation and everything else costs a little bit more even though inflation has been low and costing more each year. that means each dollar is not going as far and they have a little bit less. over the past year, the failure of congress to act was the equivalent of a $200 pay cut for these folks for a typical minimum wageworker. tha...

But with this bureaucratic mess, it makes it difficult for people to get through that maze. we need to change that so the people can get to the jobs that pay more. artificially raising the minimum wage will not do that. createn an environment where employers create jobs will do just that. >> if i am an unemployment american, and i hear from republicans that we should go ahead and do that, provided we do the follows three things and i've a caveated approval of extending those benefits, or if i am a minimum wageworker, and i -- and republicans say it's artificial, messes with the marketplace, ca...

Out to the middle class where they can identify themselves. with the lower wage worker. they're not an alien too lazy to get a better job. they're your neighbor, your dad, your brother-in-law. and people when they can understand that, the minimum wage feels like something that affects them too. >> when i go to the airport here reagan national. i got to get used to everything. there's always a bunch of people making burgers. there's like an assembly line. five guys. one thing is they don't stop working. >> no. >> they are working eight hours and making hamburgers. how would you like eight hours...

And so now i'm a low wage worker. at our store in lakeview, it is not the same -- it is the same all over the whole country, workers are one of many who are sick and tired the way the home office is treating associates, cutting hours, making them work overtime, not getting paid unless it is company approved and taking extended lunches and things of that nature, just unfair practices. >> we heard reports that -- of what you would call wage theft, where people are pressured to work overtime, off the clock, right? and basically the message is, if you don't like your job here, if you're not willin...