Rosa DeLauro actually said...

"People need time to recharge their batteries."

"Finally, the study finds that parents who had paid time off are more than five times more likely to care for their sick children."

"Almost half of our nation's working mothers report that they must miss work when a child is sick--but 49 percent of those mothers do not get paid when they miss work to care for a sick child."

"Our failure to guarantee a minimum standard of paid sick days is a significant public health concern, as we witnessed during the H1N1 virus outbreak."