Find Consensus on Paid Family Leave, Trump Tells Lawmakers

President Donald Trump again voiced his support for federal paid family leave during a White House summit on families and children Dec. 12.

“With more women working today than ever before we now have an historic opportunity to enact long overdue reforms,” Trump said. “It’s time to pass paid family leave and expand access to quality, affordable child care.”

Trump noted that about one out of every four new mothers returns to work within two weeks of giving birth. “We want every mother to have the chance to spend those precious weeks with her newborn or adopted child,” he said. ...