01/12/2009
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"I was told 100 percent of school bus drivers do not have any sick leave pay. That number, obviously, is a pretty staggering number."
"Congress should waste no time in passing the Healthy Families Act so that working people can earn paid time off."
"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."
"Passing the Healthy Families Act, or emergency legislation that reflects its core principles, would not only do right by American workers and families."