been conditioned to believe that paid leave is a privilege, not a right. in other countries, it is second nature. nobody thinks twice about it. it makes sense. some of us, including every member of congress has paid leave through our jobs. why don't all americans have the same right no matter whom they work for or what they do for a living? america is at a competitive disadvantage as long as paid family leave is not a national guarantee. we have the opportunity to change that. the initial proposal in the bill was to provide 12 weeks of paid leave. now at last check, we were down to four weeks of paid leave. that's good. up from nothing. it would make america one of two countries out of 186 that do offer paid leave to offer so little of it. by the way, there is an element of the paid family leave proposal to make it one of the most progressive in the world. it would cover care for all