House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday dismissed as insignificant President Obama's plans to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors.
Asked more broadly about Obama's push to raise the federal minimum wage, Boehner signaled he doesn't support the proposal.
"When you raise the cost of something you get less of it," he said, adding later: "The very people the president purports to help are the ones who are going to be hurt by this."
Boehner suggested that an increased minimum wage would adversely affect minorities who hold low-wage jobs and would be "bad policy."