Congresswoman Ramirez, lead sponsor of the Living Wage for All Act... “So today, we come together in coalition to make clear there is an urgent need to raise wages.” ... The Living Wage for All Act would raise the federal minimum wage to $25 per hour through a phased approach
Champion legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to a living wage, including the Living Wage for All Act’s phased increase to $25 per hour.
Occurrences
I am proud to stand with Congressmembers García and Mejia and the Living Wage For All Coalition to ensure that working people have every single thing they need to thrive.
we stood with workers demanding a $25 federal minimum wage floor
Mrs. Ramirez (for herself ... ) introduced the following bill ... Full Title To place the Federal minimum wage on a durable path toward a living wage aligned with the national median wage, to require large, highly profitable corporations to lead the transition, to end all subminimum wages, and for other purposes.
Mrs. RAMIREZ introduced the following bill ... To place the Federal minimum wage on a durable path toward a living wage aligned with the national median wage ... The purpose of this Act is to place the Federal minimum wage on a durable path toward a living wage ... and remains indexed to that standard thereafter.
Evidence
Ramirez's campaign issue page says jobs must pay a living wage and says that in Congress she co-sponsored legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $17/hour. It also says she delivered on campaign promises by co-sponsoring the Raise the Wage Act.
Congress.gov lists H.R.2743 as the Raise the Wage Act of 2025, referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce on April 8, 2025, and lists Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] as an original cosponsor on April 8, 2025.
The introduced text of H.R.2743 would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to increase the federal minimum wage in steps, reaching $17.00 an hour five years after the effective date, then adjusting annually thereafter.
GovInfo identifies H.R.8555 in the 119th Congress as the Living Wage For All Act, introduced in the House on April 28, 2026, sponsored by Delia C. Ramirez of Illinois, and referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
The bill text says the Act would place the federal minimum wage on a path toward a living wage, states that at least $25 per hour is a baseline step toward aligning wages with cost of living, and schedules $25/hour by January 1, 2031 for large employers and January 1, 2038 for other employers.
Ramirez's official House press release says Ramirez, García, Simon, and Mejia introduced the Living Wage for All Act; says it would raise the federal minimum wage to $25 per hour through a phased approach; and quotes Ramirez saying minimum wage is not a living wage and Congress should work for working people.
Assessments
The promise was framed as championing legislation, not securing enactment. Ramirez fulfilled that by sponsoring H.R.8555, the Living Wage For All Act, in the 119th Congress while serving as U.S. Representative, and the bill specifically proposes a phased path to a $25 federal minimum wage. Her original cosponsorship of the Raise the Wage Act also supports sustained same-term effort on federal minimum-wage legislation. The bill has not been enacted, but enactment was not the promised standard here.