For ads-free news, click here.
From Fox Business: President Donald Trump signaled he was not sure about whether, or not, he would support a recent proposal led by GOP Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour.
“I haven’t seen it. I’d have to speak to Josh. He’s a very good friend of mine,” Trump said Wednesday from the Oval Office after a reporter asked whether he supported the move. “That’s interesting that Josh did that. You have to think about that one.”
Alongside Democrat Vermont Sen. Peter Welch, Hawley introduced the Higher Wages for American Workers Act last week. If passed, the legislation would more than double the current federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15.00 per hour.
Currently, at least 31 states require businesses to pay most workers above the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour — including Hawley’s home state of Missouri.
In February 2021, Hawley had a different suggestion:
“The biggest corporations in America can afford to pay their workers $15 an hour. Raise the minimum wage for big business, not small business,” he wrote in a post on X.
The biggest corporations in America can afford to pay their workers $15 an hour. Raise the minimum wage for big business, not small business
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) February 23, 2021
Conservative Sen. Josh Hawley wants to raise federal minimum wage – CBS News https://t.co/xtdT3SWowr
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) June 10, 2025
READ MORE from Fox Business.
