We know of no more crucial civil rights issue facing Congress today than the need to increase the federal minimum wage and extend its coverage. (Martin Luther King Jr.)

We know of no more crucial civil rights issue facing Congress today than the need to increase the federal minimum wage and extend its coverage.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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