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On the recordMay 24, 2010
Yet we are only one of four countries left that I can identify in the world that doesn't provide that basic right, it seems to me.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Dodd highlights the U.S. lack of paid leave compared to other countries.

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