What I think has crystallized the issue for all of us is the H1N1 crisis.
For all of these reasons and more, Senator Kennedy and I first introduced the Healthy Families Act, 5 years ago.
Now is the time to protect our communities and put family values to work by adopting policies that guarantee a basic wor...
The argument that we cannot afford to institute paid sick days right now does not hold water.
Establishing paid sick days is also about economic competitiveness, income security for families, and, as H1N1 has prove...
Our failure to provide a minimum standard of paid sick days also is putting our public health at risk.
We all urge you to quickly pass the Healthy Families Act, the bill now before Congress that offers the best solution to ...
I can recall very similar kinds of conversations when we were going through the Family and Medical Leave, that we were g...
Working people need paid time off to recover from H1N1, to care for sick family members, to prevent spread of the virus.
Passing the Healthy Families Act or emergency legislation that reflects its core principles would finally give American ...
I hope that we, in the Congress, can honor Senator Kennedy's legacy by finding the strength and the will to get this leg...