"a new baby should be a cause for celebration, not a path to poverty."
"I do hope that Massachusetts succeeds and joins actually Senator Murphy's great State of Connecticut in becoming the second State to offer paid sick days to workers."
"the United States is the only high-income country not to require paid family and medical leave, and the result is dismal."
"I appreciate the work that Moms Rising is doing on this to draw attention to the importance of our getting paid family leave here."
"Paid family leave policies are in place for, again, sort of serious health conditions, new babies, in three States, California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island."
"I want to ask about this, and that is, again, this question about the impact on seniors."
"Basically, just to underline your point, that means we do not need the complexity in the system."
"That's a good step. They need more money."
"So, if the homeowner wants to say, wait a minute, we are higher than the others around here, for example, then they have already got the information, in effect, for free in this process."
"When Congress passed Biggert-Waters a few years ago, homeowners got blindsided by significant rate increases and new flood zone maps."
"I urge you to think about what should happen in the interim as you move toward this science and, in the interim, how it is that we better serve families who have newly been added to these flood zones."