"Having a seriously ill child is not a perk. Taking time to deal with active-duty deployment is not a perk."
"We needed paid leave long before the pandemic."
"I was proud to vote for the Family and Medical Leave Act in 1994, which granted 12 weeks of unpaid leave."
"We have seen that countless families continue to suffer because our Nation still has no nationwide paid family and medical leave policy."
"Democrats have been fighting for years for comprehensive paid family and medical leave."
"I look forward to working with you to make paid leave for all a reality."
"But at the end of the day, this is about values that unite us like love, responsibility, dignity, and care."
"As we emerge from a deadly health crisis that has exacerbated gender, racial, and economic disparities and weakened the work force, it is time for paid leave for all as a national priority."
"The Biden/Harris administration and Democrats in Congress will continue to work to enact paid family and medical leave for all employees in the Federal Government and the private sector."
"When President Biden announced it, I felt like I had died and gone to heaven."
"This is not a perk we are talking about."