Honorable Jim McCrery
United States Representative, Louisiana, Republican
Representative McCrery, of the Fourth District of Louisiana, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1988. He served as Assistant Shreveport City Attorney from 1979 to 1980, and as Legislative Director to then-U.S. Representative Buddy Roemer (LA-R) from 1981 to 1984. He serves on the Ways and Means Committee, where he is the Ranking Minority Member. The following is from the January 10, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 2, the Fair Minimum Wage Act.This debate today is important. It is obviously important to a lot of people around the country who are making minimum wage or…
