Today at 3 p.m. Eastern, EPI Policy Director Heidi Shierholz will join Congressman Bobby Scott (D-Va.)—Chairman of the Education and Labor Committee—and fast food worker and activist Terrence Wise to answer questions about the Congressional Budget Office’s report on the impact of increasing the minimum wage.

At 2 p.m. Eastern, the CBO is expected to release its report examining the impact of the Raise the Wage Act, which would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024. EPI has previously found that the Raise the Wage Act would lift pay for nearly 40 million workers.

Who: Chairman Bobby Scott, Committee on Education and Labor

Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute

Terrence Wise, Fast food worker and activist

What: Press call to discuss CBO report on the impact of increasing the minimum wage.

When: Monday, July 8, 2019 at 3 p.m. Eastern

Where: Phone Number: 888-843-9979; Passcode: 2933489

RSVP: Media interested in participating should RSVP to EdLaborPress@mail.house.gov.