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Carolyn Maloney: “Whether or not we use policy to ensure that people can take time off to be with their newborn children or to care for a…”

On the recordDecember 9, 2019
Whether or not we use policy to ensure that people can take time off to be with their newborn children or to care for a sick spouse is, I believe, a moral choice.
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Carolyn Maloney
Democratic · New York

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Maloney emphasizes the moral choice behind implementing paid family leave policies.

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