{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/trumps-top-economic-adviser-says-federal-minimum-wage-is-a-terrible-idea", "Trumps Top Economic Adviser Says Federal Minimum Wage Is a Terrible Idea", "2018-11-01", "2018", "2018-11", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "www.sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Trump's Top Economic Adviser Says Federal Minimum Wage Is a Terrible Idea'\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tThursday, November 1, 2018\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\r\nBURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 1  In an interview with The Washington Post on Thursday, Donald Trump's top economic adviser Larry Kudlow said, My view is a federal minimum wage is a terrible idea. A terrible idea. And I would argue against state and local but that's up to the states and localities.      U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) responded to Kudlow's comments, saying: \"Donald Trump tells us that he stands with American workers. That's a lie. As president, he and Republicans gave huge tax breaks to billionaires.Now, they want to abolish the minimum wage. That's wrong. If you work 40 hours a week, you should not live in poverty. The simplest way to give a raise to 41 million Americans is to increase the federal minimum wage to a living wage  $15 an hour, and that's exactly what my legislation will do.\"      Sanders has introducedlegislationto raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. The bill is supported by 30 Democrats in the Senate and 172 members of the House.      Video of Kudlow's comments can be foundhere.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/trumps-top-economic-adviser-says-federal-minimum-wage-is-a-terrible-idea"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7291429210454226, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}