"Expanded access to paid sick days could help the state meet its cost-containment goals."
"I thank the Subcommittee for holding a hearing on the Healthy Families Act introduced in the House by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro"
"Paid sick leave also decreases turnover and its associated costs, increases employee morale and satisfaction and ultimately enhances profitability and success."
"For families in the lowest quartile of earners, 79 percent lack paid sick time."
"To that end, at the height of the H1N1 Flu outbreak, my office distributed 55,000 sick days fliers to the San Francisco Unified School District to be sent home with children."
"We lead the world in employees who can never take a day off."
"I believe that workers in America ought to have paid sick days. It is a basic matter of right and wrong."
"The Healthy Families Act, which I introduced with Senator Kennedy, would correct this injustice."
"It is about keeping businesses and workers strong, helping to maintain their edge in a tightening global economy."
"This bill would be great for our economy if more people went on vacation."
"The absence of a national paid sick days policy today affects countless families and workers."