The idea that Americans ought to have paid parental leave, just like people in pretty much every other country, I think, is something that you don`t have to be a Democrat or Republican to believe.
On the recordJuly 16, 2021
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Buttigieg discusses the necessity of paid parental leave as a bipartisan issue.
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