Hello to you. I m alicia menendez. As we come on the air, a nationwide push to get washington s attention on the need for immigration reform. We expect to learn specifics from the president and vice president in the coming weeks as they crisscross the country to sell the plan. Here s the president at his congressional address this week explaining how the legislation will bridge gaps in the social safety net that only widened for women during the pandemic. 2 million women have dropped out of the workforce during this pandemic, 2 million. And too often because they couldn t get the care they needed to care for their child or care for an elderly parent. That s why my american families plan guarantees four additional years of public education for every person in america, starting as early as we can. The american families plan will finally provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave and medical leave. No one should have to choose between a job and a paycheck or taking care of themselves and their
Congressional address this week explaining how the legislation will bridge gaps in the social safety net that only widened for women during the pandemic. 2 million women have dropped out of the workforce during this pandemic, 2 million. And too often because they couldn t get the care they needed to care for their child or care for an elderly parent. That s why my american families plan guarantees four additional years of public education for every person in america, starting as early as we can. The american families plan will finally provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave and medical leave. No one should ve to choose between a job and a paycheck or taking care of themselves and their loved ones. As it stands on paper, this plan has historic investments in a key part of america s human infrastructure. From universal prek to child care support, paid family leave, and extending child tax credits. It comes after a relentless year of extreme losses for women in the workforce. Losses that beg
composite plan to shore up our current economic suffering due to covid. and to ready the country for an equitable future that republican lawmakers have spent the past five years running from. the republican party s response was to present its sole black u.s. senator as proof of its own racial equity. but the gop rebuttal to the president coming three months after a racist insurrection that it never mentioned barely mentioned racial discrimination, except to claim that it was president biden and the democrats who were responsible for our national division. of course, their political problem is that a cross-section of americans not only approve of the president s action, but they want more of it. and for black americans, that means discernible action to match the president s soaring rhetoric on racial inequity, starting with this challenge to congress to have the george floyd justice in policing act signed into law by the end of this month. joining me now, one of the people who
it the fiery rebuttal with the democrat you ve got to see. and justice finally catches up with juicy smollett and siting what would have been the 2016 victory speech i would also have an election victory speech i never got to give either. you re going hear it, tonight. white is the left keep moving the covid goal posts. well, it s right here. it is a matter of now when and not if the definition of fully vaccinated changes? my own personal opinion is what you said is correct a matter of when, not if. we told you did i tell you goal post would move or not, of course, they were going to move. they surprise some of you but it is very little to do all of this goal post moving with the vaccine or science. it is nothing to do with that. it is everything to do with something i heard once from a local politician and when i was running for office there. i asked them name is chuck i said listen what s the deal with government getting bigger was making small talk getting governmen
it the fiery rebuttal with the democrat you ve got to see. and justice finally catches up with juicy smollett and siting what would have been the 2016 victory speech i would also have an election victory speech i never got to give either. you re going hear it, tonight. white is the left keep moving the covid goal posts. well, it s right here. it is a matter of now when and not if the definition of fully vaccinated changes? my own personal opinion is what you said is correct a matter of when, not if. we told you did i tell you goal post would move or not, of course, they were going to move. they surprise some of you but it is very little to do all of this goal post moving with the vaccine or science. it is nothing to do with that. it is everything to do with something i heard once from a local politician and when i was running for office there. i asked them name is chuck i said listen what s the deal with government getting bigger was making small talk getting government g