Passing the Healthy Families Act, or emergency legislation that reflects its core principles, would not only do right by American workers an...
Those are the five countries that don't have paid sick leave in the world.
I'm introducing emergency legislation to help keep Americans safe from the H1N1 virus.
It would protect the public health by helping to stop the spread of dangerous viral infections like H1N1.
Living with a Petri dish is usually a fascinating experience.
Families shouldn't have to choose between staying healthy and making ends meet.
According to the Center for Disease Control, an individual who comes to work with H1N1 will infect 10 percent of his or her coworkers.
We meet in the midst of an American emergency.
Families are anxious about this pandemic and are frustrated that vaccines remain unavailable.
How do we accommodate that? We've got to try to think about a structure, here, that can be more acceptable.
We're also working on some emergency legislation to deal with this kind of a situation, and we don't have it framed yet.
Of course you're--then, with the inconsistency, in a way, obviously, of recommending these policies, and yet we don't really have an overall...
I'm learning about--I used to understand this issue intellectually.
Ensuring that workers have paid leave makes the decision to stay home much easier for employees who are struggling to pay the bills.
I am proud to be an original co-sponsor of the Healthy Families Act that would allow workers to earn up to 56 hours of paid leave.
I am encouraged by the partnerships being forged between the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Veterans' Administration.
Unfortunately, the struggle to access benefits is a common one for the veterans who have earned them.
The Obama administration has recently committed to ending homelessness among veterans within 5 years, and I commend that commitment.
