"The FAMILY Act covers birth or adoption, taking care of an older family member, addressing one's own personal medical needs."
"The FAMILY Act would allow for working individuals to take paid time off, and would not discriminate based on gender or the nature of their job."
"I look forward to this hearing today as the beginning of what I hope will be a robust bipartisan conversation that soon leads to a national paid leave solution."
"As Congress continues discussions and drafts legislation to provide for paid leave, we would recommend that it leverage the private insurance industry as you move forward."
"I urge them to support a comprehensive and fiscally responsible idea called the FAMILY Act."
"Here is the truth: at some point, every person here, every person you know, is going to have a situation where you have to take some time off from your work to meet and care for a family member."
"We are the only industrialized country in the world that does not guarantee some form of paid leave."
"Protecting and expanding Social Security's retirement, disability, and survivor benefits, while also providing working families with paid family and medical leave is a matter of political will and val..."
"American families can and should have paid family leave and a secure retirement."
"We should be crediting time out of the workforce caring for family members towards the calculation of Social Security, not forcing women to reduce their earned Social Security benefits even further fo..."
"This approach makes it more difficult to build major transit projects and could end up making those projects more expensive."