In the "100 percent agreed, but good luck with that one" category, Sen.
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has some thoughts about Paul Ryan and family friendly policies:
I think it's great that he wants to spend time with his family. I think all parents want to spend time with their family. But for low-wage workers, that's not always possible. They don't get to set their hours, they don't get to say when they're working and when they're not working. So things like sick days really matter. Things like paid leave really matter. Equal pay for equal work really matters. Raising the minimum wage matters. Paul Ryan has a huge salary, and he has more than enough resources. So I would hope that his instinct and desire to spend time with his family could be replicated in family policies across the board that allow all workers to have some family time, not just the most affluent, and not just the lucky few who happen to be the next Speaker of the House.
Of course, Republicans like Ryan are all about the lucky few, and right now they're standing in the way of policies like sick days, paid family leave, minimum wage, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, and more. So we can hope, but we also need to do the other part of what Gillibrand is doing on such issues: fight.
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