I think the infant mortality problem in the United States is very real.
Providing this benefit is a significant and important investment in our future.
Champions like former Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder... started this important work force effort...
We need a policy that supports hardworking young women who are having their children, that supports the father in crisis...
There are some who disagree. They oppose paid maternity and paternity leave...
My current bill would provide Federal employees... with 12 weeks of paid leave...
We need to alleviate the economic insecurity of middle-class families, of working people.
I believe it is our duty to level the playing field for middle class families and for working people, especially now.
The United States needs a national paid leave policy to provide paid time off for working people.
I introduced the FAMILY Act with my partner in the Senate, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
We must not only celebrate them; we must elevate them.
So, the market is responding, but that's because we had the courage enough to pass a law that most people said would dri...
Unaffordable, out-of-pocket healthcare costs aren't just an issue in my State.
I had a bill that would take the Medicaid coverage to a year instead of 2 months, but I could not get one Republican on ...
The cost savings around healthcare and the access to paid leave are integrally related.
I know, when I entered Congress, I represent the 2nd congressional District of Illinois, and I had the highest rate of f...
We are the ones who make these decisions.
You know, as Members of Congress, I believe it is our duty to level the playing field for middle class families and for ...
