Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) referred to the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis that employment would be reduced by 1.4 million workers, or 0.9 percent if the $15 proposed minimum wage is enacted.

“It's time Dems accept reality,” Burgess wrote on Twitter. "This is not a free lunch, no matter how often Mr. Biden and Bernie Sanders say so. Those gains would come at a high cost for the young and unskilled who will have a harder time grabbing the first rung of the economic ladder."

He also said in the Feb.10 episode of Fox and Friends First that increasing the wage is not necessary but “It would have the possibility of eliminating a great number of entry-level jobs and that would be unfortunate.”

Higher wages, according to CBO, would increase the cost to employers of producing goods and services. Business owners would pass some of those increased costs on to consumers through higher prices, and those higher prices would subsequently lead consumers to purchase fewer goods and services. As a result, owners would produce fewer goods and services, and they would likely reduce their workforce at all wage levels.

“Washington needs to be putting forward solutions that will get Americans back to work not putting them out of a job,” Burgess further said.