Christopher Dodd actually said...

We very much appreciate your leadership, Senator Dodd, on the FMLA, and the Administration supports further efforts in this area.

In fact, Lamar Alexander and I wrote the Preemie Act in 2006 to combat the increasing rates of preterm and low-birth weight children.

We think the way to do that is to allow States to innovate in this space and for us to provide them with incentives to do that.

I cannot begin to tell you what a sense of confidence and comfort it is to know that there are people like Bob Casey and Jeff Merkley who ar...