This is an effort that we look at as being important for working people across the state. It is past time for an increase in the minimum wage.
People are driving over state lines to play the lottery. We need to keep our resources here.
In terms of the ability to go out and win - this is why you have campaigns. You go out, and you take your issues to voters, and you put them out there, and people respond, or they don't.
Minimum wage was last increased in 1997. It?s wrong that people that work full-time can?t support their families.