[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE

  (Mr. HORSFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HORSFORD. Madam Speaker, I rise to celebrate the historic deal 
reached by the House Committee on Ways and Means to include paid family 
and medical leave in the Build Back Better Act.
  For decades, the United States has fallen behind the rest of the 
world in the support that we provide for working families. Without a 
national paid leave policy, families have been forced to make an 
impossible choice between caring for their loved ones and putting food 
on the table.
  Across the Nation, there are millions of Americans like my 
constituent, Tameka Henry, who has lost $200,000 in wages over the 
course of her lifetime while caring for her chronically ill husband. 
Those lost wages mean lost contributions to Medicare and Social 
Security that push working Americans further behind in our economy. 
This shouldn't be a partisan issue.
  Paid leave levels the playing field for our small businesses and 
lifts up our entire economy. I hope that my Republican colleagues will 
come forward to help us deliver this historic change for the American 
people. But if they fail, make no mistake, Democrats will deliver for 
their constituents and for our own.

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