Honorable Russ Feingold
United States Senator, Wisconsin, Democrat
Senator Feingold was first elected to the U.S. Senate in1992. He was a practicing attorney from 1979 to 1983 and a professorat Beloit College from 1985 to 1993. He serves on the Aging Committee,the Budget Committee, the Foreign Relations Committee, and theJudiciary Committee. The following is from the November 9, 1999,Senate floor debate on minimum wage amendments to S. 625, theBankruptcy Reform Act.I rise today to urge my colleagues to support efforts to increasethe Federal minimum wage by adopting the amendment offered bythe Senator from Massachusetts [Kennedy], the Fair Minimum WageAct of 1999. This important amendment will provide American laborerswith…
