Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Sunday he wants to work with President-elect Trump to raise the minimum wage from the federal standard of $7.25 an hour, which was last raised in 2009.
In an interview on NBC News' “Meet the Press,” host Kristen Welker asked Sanders if he thought he could work with Trump, but Sanders recently said that the minimum wage is too low, but that the federal He said raising the minimum wage could be complicated.
“I certainly hope so,” Sanders told Welker. “It was — I think it was two years ago, we tried to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. It went to zero. Not a single Republican supported it. received 42 votes.
“Look, a $7.25 hourly minimum wage is an absolute disgrace. There are millions of people in this country working on starvation wages who can't afford to buy a house, can't afford to feed their children well. There are many people.”
“Yes, we have to raise the minimum wage,” he said. “I propose a $17 hourly wage, and I hope that we can ultimately work together on a bipartisan basis to achieve that goal.”
