Political Quotes

“If we are going to pay in a straightforward way, let's provide parental leave and not require people to take it out of their sick leave which they cannot do now, and have that leave paid for. This ought to be for newborn and adopted children and their parents, and we ought to provide this. I can imagine there might have been a time when people would have said, ``Why should we allow people to be able to take off 2 weeks of vacation a year? Some employers do it, others don't. This is just too radical.'' Well, now no one thinks it is radical to have 2 weeks of vacation a year at least, and I don't think it is radical, I think it is pro-family, in fact, to allow parents to bond with their children and be able to have 4 weeks paid. That is straightforward; 4 weeks paid leave for maternity or paternity and not to hide it in the sick leave, which they may need at some future time if they have an illness. Having a baby is not an illness.”