Congressman Tierney has long supported action on increasing the minimum wage, which has regrettably remain unchanged for nearly ten years and is at its lowest value in more than half a century.

In 2007, as one of its first acts the new Democrat-led Congress brought forward legislation (H.R. 2) increasing the federal minimum wage. H.R. 2 sought to increase the minimum wage by $2.10 – from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour over two years. Congressman Tierney was proud to support this legislation providing a long-overdue increase in the minimum wage for our nation’s lowest paid workers.

Congressman Tierney voted in favor of H.R. 2 and offered remarks in support of this important legislation. Please click HERE to read the Congressman’s speech.

Fortunately, provisions increasing the federal minimum wage were included in broader legislation that the President recently signed into law.