![]() ![]() There are going to be things other people want that they don't get. They're going to be things I want that I'm not going to get. "I understand that we will have a lot of discussions about this as we go forward and nobody gets exactly the big combined bill that they want. It's long past time that we should put a wage in place that someone who's out there working full time could actually support themselves and their family." On whether getting a $15 minimum wage is possible with a divided Senate: So right now, I just want to make clear: I'm going to be putting a big push on for that $15 an hour minimum wage. Those people deserve a living wage and a $15 an hour minimum wage across the board is going to help not only lift millions of families out of poverty, it's also going to help boost our economy overall. Think about all the people who are stocking grocery store shelves and making deliveries and mopping floors so that we can keep our health care system working, so that we can keep our food supply chain working, so that we can keep our economy up and running. "I want to underline we need a $15 an hour minimum wage and one place I've really focused is getting that wage in place right now for essential workers. Here are highlights from that conversation: On the need for raising the federal minimum wage to $15: Warren also discussed several other financial-related issues, including her new role on the Senate Finance Committee, increasing the minimum wage, forgiving student loan debt and recent developments around GameStop. And that's what we need to do," Warren said. "You know, it's possible to do both, to reach hard to reach communities and to set up centers where those vaccines are going out the door and going out the door as fast as people can line up for them. But she said that decision should not have led to a slower rollout then most other states. Speaking with WBUR's Radio Boston Wednesday, Warren said Baker made the right call in making more vulnerable people, like the homeless, part of the earlier phases of the vaccine rollout. "This idea of these things down through multiple levels leaves a lot of folks behind and just ups everybody's degree of anxiety over this. "Why not make it easier for people? And then people know, 'OK, my appointment is next Tuesday, I can go,' or 'Mine's a week from Thursday and I can go,' " Warren said. Charlie Baker should move to a one-stop registration system to help residents book an inoculation. Elizabeth Warren has criticized the vaccination rollout in Massachusetts, saying Gov. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) This article is more than 2 years old. Elizabeth Warren talks with the media after voting on Tuesday, Main Cambridge, Mass. ![]()
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