Rosa DeLauro

These policies save businesses money, and that the cost of presenteeism... well exceed the cost of absenteeism.

We are the only one that doesn't have laws that require either paid time off short-term, long-term.

Paid sick days are good for business.

If we are really committed to the American family, leave policies must be created so that everyone can achieve the work-life balance that is so frequently talked about.

Finally, the study finds that parents who had paid time off are more than five times more likely to care for their sick children.

The new study finds that guaranteed paid sick days would reduce the spread of pandemic and seasonal flu.

Our failure to guarantee a minimum standard of paid sick days is a significant public health concern, as we witnessed during the H1N1 virus outbreak.

Almost half of our nation's working mothers report that they must miss work when a child is sick--but 49 percent of those mothers do not get paid when they miss work to care for a sick child.

The Healthy Families Act would help us significantly reduce the spread of pandemic or seasonal flu by enabling workers to comply with public health advice if they or their family members show signs of illness.

America needs a basic workplace standard that allows employees to earn paid sick days that they can use to recover from their own illness or to care for a sick family member.

It is time to take the next step in making this nation more family-friendly, and the sooner we act, the better off we will be.

Do you get vacation? Their answer always is 'yes.'

This bill would be great for our economy if more people went on vacation.

We lead the world in employees who can never take a day off.

69 percent of all Americans support our paid vacation bill.

Over 27 million workers in America never get a single day off.

I believe they should also enjoy a week or more of paid vacation each year.

When working parents must go to work sick, they risk infecting their entire workplace.

We know that infectious diseases like H1N1 can spread rapidly throughout the country when proper precautions are not taken.

People need time to recharge their batteries.

This bill would be great for our economy if more people went on vacation.

We are literally working ourselves to death.

Ultimately this issue as part of the larger health care debate going on right now.

What does it say when Lesotho and Papua New Guinea are implementing paid sick days to give their businesses and their entire nation a competitive edge, yet America still does not get it?

I believe workers in America ought to have paid sick days. It is a basic matter of right and wrong.