"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, quite frankly."
"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."
"Our failure to provide a minimum standard of paid sick days also is putting our public health at risk."
"The Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA and Related Agencies, Representative Rosa DeLauro, also has introduced legislation, H.R. 875,..."
"Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, obviously, was working hard from the appropriations side to make sure that that formula was better in tune with the challenges that, again, face different regions in the co..."
"I would just say again in the description, yours, the President's, et cetera, when we are talking about children is to focus in on the benefits of insuring all children, not some, and what that benefi..."
"we ought to be reassuring to people, and again my colleague says about the politics and advising on politics for the White House, but I think there has to be a more fulsome description not of specific..."
"this bill would be great for our economy if more people went on vacation."
"Do you get vacation? Their answer always is 'yes.'"