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CLTV: Congressman Quigley on Minimum Wage and Ukraine

April 30, 2014
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The following interview originally aired on CLTV on April 30, 2014. A transcript and video of the interview are below. If you have difficulty viewing the video, click here.

Paul Lisnek: Mike Quigley, one of those democrats that is supporting the minimum wage increase, talked with our WGN News at 5 anchors earlier today, about that.

Representative Mike Quigley: I hope it's a temporary setback, I mean obviously a majority of the votes came from democrats, they came about six votes short of the number they needed to take this bill up. It's something that's long overdue, I anticipate they'll overcome this hurdle, it's the right thing to do.

Lisnek: And Congressman Quigley also talked about his recent trip to Ukraine, he's still hopeful about the situation there.

Rep. Quigley: Well despite all the odds, there is a sense of optimism. Despite the fact that they have Russian troops massing on the boarders, internal Russian aggression, an economy that needed to be bailed out. Prior to this revolution, wide-spread corruption, energy needs, it's still a country very optimistic. It sees itself on the brink of a real democratic republic.

Lisnek: That'll be it for us. See you tomorrow night.

Issues:Defense and Foreign Affairs