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Florida Republican: Minimum Wage Hike Means Fewer Jobs

By Matt Fuller and JM Rieger

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The former chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., criticized President Barack Obama’s proposal for a minimum wage increase and said his 2014 State of the Union address “just didn’t set the right tone” in an interview with Roll Call Editor-in-Chief Christina Bellantoni.

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