Families and lets finally give americans access to paid leave. I urge my colleagues to join me in this fight and pass the family act. I now would like to yield the floor to my colleague who is also going to speak about why this is good for america. Ms. Duckworth mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Ms. Duckworth thank you, mr. President. I want to thank my colleague from new york on the floor today for her leadership in this very important issue. Im here to help discuss one of the most pressing issues facing American Families all across the country, our nations outdated family leave policies. About two weeks ago i announced i am expecting a baby girl in april. The support since my announcement has been overwhelming. I received so many congratulations and lots of questions about my daughter to be. And i was also asked how i expect to handle having a newborn and 3yearold as i continue my work here in the United States senate. I know these questions come from a
As you mentioned, the loss last night in pennsylvania. Today theyre trying to get the message back on to the economy as the president is touring that boeing plant in st. Louis, missouri. The white house feels that the tax cuts is a winning message and that is why they will continue events like this throughout the year heading into the midterms as well. So this is one phase of it. The other, the huge Economic News as it relates to larry kudlow. Kudlow will be the next nec head, replacing gary cohn that resigned just last week. Kudlow is doing an interview that is ongoing in which he said he was first approached by President Trump on sunday and officially offered the position last night. Kudlow is no stranger to the president at all. These two have been friends as the president said yesterday for quite some time. In fact, kudlow was one of the earliest supporters of this president as he helped shape his economic message during the campaign and one of the handful that helped write his tax
engineer. so i m completely out of my element in this room right now. but i m very appreciative that i got invited. thank you for that. you have a very good company. i know about your company. very good job. i m mary beth hartman. i have a union highway construction company. it s very small. we have 30 employees. but immediately upon your you being elected as president, my home line changed. i started at that moment operating in a way that i believe your tax cuts would be happening and they did. that translated into an upgrade of the fleets for my seven foremen. i spent half a million dollars on equipment this year, which i was always afraid to do. we have union employees. they have very good benefits already but i gave them an additional week s vacation for my tenured employees, which was very meaningful to them and to