CHANGE: Claim: ‘Highest wage growth in decade,’ 75% firms hiring.

A key senator from a midterm election battleground state said that the booming economy is helping to increase wages to a new high and spark hiring.

Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman said that deregulation pushed by President Trump and the new tax cut package is proving to be a big factor in the growth.

“It’s heartening to see that there are serious changes being made in our economy that are positive for someone who’s making $40,000 to $50,000 a year and can now see a higher wage,” said Portman. “Even the quarterly numbers in terms of non-supervisory wages represent the highest wage growth we’ve seen in at least a decade. So this is exciting. It’s actually happening — the things that we hoped would happen in the context of tax reform,” he added.

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