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HON.MARCY KAPTUR
 OF OHIO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WEDNESDAY, JULYÂ 24, 2006
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HON. MARCY KAPTUR
OF OHIO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2006
Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to tell a little story.
Ask yourself, Who's making the big bucks off the current arrangement? Aren't you tired of all those expensive medicine ads on TV?
If you weren't sick before you watch them you're sick afterwards.
Pharmaceutical companies are the third most profitable industry in our country. They don't even manufacture most of those medicines here anymore. They outsourced them long ago.
HON. MARCY KAPTUR
 OF OHIO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2006
HON. MARCY KAPTUR
 OF OHIO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2006
HON. MARCY KAPTUR
 OF OHIO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2006
HON. MARCY KAPTUR
 OF OHIO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THURSDAY, JUNE 15
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HON. MARCY KAPTUR
 OF OHIO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TUESDAY, JUNEÂ 20, 2006Â
HON. MARCY KAPTUR
 OF OHIO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WEDNESDAY, JUNEÂ 21, 2006Â
HON. MARCY KAPTUR
 OF OHIO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WEDNESDAY, JULYÂ 13, 2006
Mr. Speaker, people who work full time should not live in poverty. Yet America'sminimum wage has been set at $5.15 for the last decade, while the costs ofhousing, health care, education and gasoline have skyrocketed. This stagnantwage represents a decline in purchasing power for the working class, so greatthat it is at its lowest value in a half a century when adjusted for inflation.