Establish a living wage.
Dwight Evans will establish a living wage.
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Evidence
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The Department of Labor table revised July 1, 2026 says employers covered by the FLSA must pay the federal minimum wage of $7.25; Pennsylvania is listed among jurisdictions equal to the federal minimum wage.
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA-3] as a cosponsor of H.R.2743, the Raise the Wage Act of 2025, added on April 17, 2025. The bill page states the bill was referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce on April 8, 2025 and has status Introduced; its text would raise the federal minimum wage in steps to $17.00 an hour and then index it.
Assessments
The promised outcome was to establish a living wage. The federal minimum wage remains $7.25, and Pennsylvania's baseline minimum wage is still equal to the federal floor, so the outcome has not been established. Evans did take concrete legislative action by cosponsoring the Raise the Wage Act of 2025, which would raise and index the federal minimum wage, but it remains only introduced and did not deliver the promised policy.