>> WELCOME BACK TO THE THING
ABOUT EVERYONE HAS NOT ONLY A
PICK FOR JOHN DOE REDDIT
CO-FOUNDER ALEXIS ALEX OHANIAN
LEADS A GROUP OF DADS WHO ARE
FIGHTING FOR PEACE A FAMILY
LEAVE AND GUESS WHAT THEY
CALL THEMSELVES. HEAD TO
ADVOCATES HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES
EVEN JOIN THE MOVEMENT CAPITOL
HILL ALONGSIDE SERENA ROWLANDS
HAS BEEN AN ART INSTEAD OF IT
CAUGHT UP WITH THOSE LAWMAKERS
WE'RE PUSHING TO EXPAND
PARENTAL LEAVE TAKE A LOOK.
>> WE'RE HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE
FOR A FEW DIFFERENT BILLS THAT
THAT THAT WILL
JUST MANDATE. I'M PROVIDING
PAID FAMILY LEAVE AND THIS IS
IMPORTANT TO MOMS IT'S
IMPORTANT TO DADS BUT
ULTIMATELY.
>> WE REALLY WANT TO RAISE THE
ISSUE OF PAID LEAVE IN THE
UNITED STATES AND SO HERE
I AM THE CHAIR OF FUTURE FOR ME
AND I'M PARTNERING PAID LEAVE
FOR
THE US AND JOBS AS WELL
AS ALEXIS AND WHO IS A BIG
PROPONENT OF PARENTAL TO RAISE
THE ISSUE AND TO ENCOURAGE
CONGRESS
TO ACT WE'RE FOR DEVELOPING OR
FOR DEVELOPED COUNTRY. WE DON'T
PAID FAMILY LEAVE
CONDUCIVE TO ENABLING
PEOPLE TO I'M NOT HAVE TO MAKE
DIFFICULT CHOICES WHEN IT COMES
TO CARING FOR THEIR FAMILIES
KEEPING
THEIR JOBS.
>> FOR TRYING TO ELEVATE THE
ISSUE OF OF FAMILY LEAVE I'M
MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY WHEN
THEY WHEN THEY WHEN THEY GET A
NEW MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY WE
OR A SICK MEMBER THEIR FAMILIES
ABLE
TO SPEND.
>> WITH THAT WITH THAT FAMILY
MEMBER UM I THINK ABOUT MY OWN
LIFE,
>> WE WELCOME THEIR FIRST BACK
IN 2006 AND FORTUNATELY FOR HER
FIRST 2 YEARS OF LIFE.
I THINK WE SAW A 50 TO 50 TO
FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND I
WAS LUCKY BECAUSE
I HAD EMPLOYER
THAT ALLOWED YOU TAKE LEAVE
THAT ALLOWED ME TO TAKE PAID
LEAVE. I'M NOT EVERYBODY HAS
THAT AND IN THE GREATEST
COUNTRY ON THE PLANET WE SHOULD
MAKE SURE THAT IF
SOMEONE HAS A NEW ARRIVAL TO
THEIR FAMILY IF THEY HAVE A NEW
BABY THEY'RE BOTH ABLE TO SPEND
TIME WITH THAT BABY AND IF
THERE'S MEDICAL ISSUES THAT
THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
MAKING
ENDS MEET.
>> JUST TO MEET IN JUST JUST TO
DEAL WITH THOSE SORTS OF FAMILY
ISSUES WHY DO YOU THINK WE
ENDED UP IN THIS DAY AND AGE
BEING
THE ONLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY
WITHOUT POLICIES IN PLACE TO
SUPPORT
THEIR FAMILIES.
>> I'M NOT SURE HOW WE ENDED UP
THAT WAY BUT IF WE ARE A FAMILY
THAT CARES ABOUT FAMILY VALUES
THEN WE HAVE TO VALUE FAMILIES
AND THAT STARTS
BY ENABLING FAMILIES AT THE
VERY BEGINNING IN THOSE EARLY
DAYS TO HAVE BOTH PARENTS BE
ABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE
CARE GIVING. FOR THEIR THEIR
CHILDREN WE'VE GOT TO COME UP
WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD AND
GET CAUGHT UP WITH THE TIMES
AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO
DO MORE FOR
AMERICAN FAMILIES AND
ULTIMATELY IT SUPPORTING THE
NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICANS
WHICH IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE
FUTURE IS SUPPORTING. PEOPLE
LIKE ANY RIGHT.
>> YOU GET MORE TO MAKE THIS UP
WITH A BY PUTTING A BIPARTISAN
SOLUTION SOMETHING THAT
OBVIOUSLY AFFECTS MANY MANY
AMERICANS AND AMERICANS ON BOTH
SIDES OF
THE AISLE.
>> WELL LOOK THE OPPOSITION TO
THIS IS SOME OF THE BIG
CORPORATIONS THAT DON'T WANT TO
PAY FOR IT AND UNFORTUNATELY
THEY HAVE THE AIR OF A LOT
OF REPUBLICANS AND WE'VE GOT TO
SHOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING
MORE IMPORTANT US THIS IS AN
EXAMPLE OF A LAW THAT WOULD BE
EASIER TO PASS IF WE GOT MONEY
OUT OF
POLITICS SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO
DO THAT OVERNIGHT, BUT
PEOPLE ARE REALIZE WHY THIS
ISN'T GETTING DONE IT HAS A LOT
TO DO WITH THE INFLUENCE OF
MONEY IN OUR POLITICS,
I'VE INTRODUCED THE PACE ACT
WHICH IS A MODERNIZATION FAMILY
LEAVE AND I DID IT IN
A PIPE PARTISAN WAY BECAUSE THE
REALITY IS THAT DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS INDEPENDENTS ALIKE
ALL HAVE CHILDREN HAVE
FAMILIES AND ALL DESERVE TO BE
ABLE TO CARE FOR THEIR FAMILIES
WITH DIGNITY.
>> HOW DO WE DO IT HERE IN THE
US WE ARE WOEFULLY BEHIND EVERY
OTHER
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY.
>> ON EARTH HOW DO WE DO IT,
YEAH, YOU KNOW ACTUALLY THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON WHERE I'M
FROM ACTUALLY IN JANUARY WILL
START A PAID FAMILY LEAVE
PROGRAM.
THE WAY WE DO IT AS WE ARE IN
ESSENCE PROVIDE A WAGE
REPLACEMENT. DURING THE LONG
PERIOD OF LEAVE. SO THAT
SOMEONE CAN SPEND TIME WITH THE
NEW FAMILY MEMBER WHETHER IT'S
AN ADOPTION
OR A THE BIRTH OF A CHILD THAT
THEY'RE ABLE TO GET PARENTAL
TIME WITH
THEIR CHILD THAT WASN'T ENOUGH
THAT WAS DONE IN A BIPARTISAN
WAY IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
AND I THINK THAT COULD
BE DONE HERE IN OUR NATION'S
CAPITAL AND THAT'S REALLY THE
ISSUE ARE TRYING TO ELEVATE.
>> HOW DO YOU GET MORE
REPUBLICANS ON BOARD WITH THE
SOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE IN MIND.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT WE SAW IN
IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON WAS
AN APPRECIATION FOR THE FACT
THAT THESE ARE NOT BLUE OR RED
PARENTS WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE
DEMOCRATS AND THEIR PARENTS OF
CHILDREN WHO ARE REPUBLICANS
AND THERE IS AN APPRECIATION
FOR THE FACT THAT
THIS IS A GOOD THING. THIS IS A
GOOD THING FOR FAMILIES THIS IS
A GOOD THING FOR OUR ECONOMY
WE'RE BETTER ABLE TO ATTRACT
TALENTED PEOPLE INTO
THE WORKFORCE WHEN THEY KNOW
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
CARE FOR A LOVED ONE CARE FOR A
AND IT SHOULDN'T BE JUST A