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Rosa DeLauro: “Many women have sick children, and when they are sick, they need their mother.”

On the recordJune 23, 2021
Many women have sick children, and when they are sick, they need their mother.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need for paid leave for mothers with sick children.

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