"These challenges are real. And those of us in positions of power must take them seriously."
"And I look upon that in three lenses. The first is the American taxpayer should want to protect their $100 billion of investments in basically stopping the tidal wave of HIV/AIDS."
"Second, to demonstrate American leadership countering malign influence is critical."
"America stands up for the most vulnerable and there is no more vulnerable place in the world, I would argue, than the African continent."
"I think it is vital that we engage parents and families in the conversation on how to best and most safely reopen the schools."
"I am deeply concerned that we are the only highly developed country without a paid sick leave policy."
"If we don't have a one-size-fits-all employers standard for paid sick leave in this country, how do we reassure the public in times like these?"
"What you are going to have is that people are going to stay away from that small deli because they are going to think, well, I don't know if their employees are going to work sick or not."
"We have ended up funding dividends to shareholders and increased executive pay and we haven't seen that money going back into the workers' pockets."
"Most small employers, 73 percent, offer PTO to the majority of their full-time employees."
"If a business can afford to offer paid leave, it is a great benefit."
"I can't understand how anyone could continue to argue that paid sick is unnecessary or a luxury that this country can't afford."