Rosa DeLauro actually said...

"I can recall very similar kinds of conversations when we were going through the Family and Medical Leave, that we were going to, really--that American business was going to go to hell in a hand basket..."

"Working people need paid time off to recover from H1N1, to care for sick family members, to prevent spread of the virus."

"We need to walk in the shoes of the millions of Americans who work hard every day to support their families."

"Every year the seasonal flu and other illnesses strike millions of us, and every year the failure to let workers earn paid sick days puts the economic security of millions of families at risk."