Chris Dodd, FMLA Champion, Sees Window for Paid Family Leave

Three signed copies of groundbreaking laws hang on the wall of former Senator Chris Dodd’s current office—laws governing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Affordable Care Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act.

He played major roles in all three, and he says people are surprised to hear which one was most important to him.

“If you ask me whether or not I cared more about derivatives and swaps, or whether I cared more about paid leave, there’s no debate. I much prefer the issues involving human beings and what happens to them,” he told ...