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Kamala Harris Reveals Plan To Give Families Six Months Of Paid Medical Leave | Essence

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Kamala Harris Reveals Plan To Give Families Six Months Of Paid Medical Leave | Essence

Today in Iowa, 2020 Presidential candidate and California Senator, Kamala Harris, unveiled her newest plan to give federal paid leave to working Americans. This includes up to six months of family leave and medical leave. The initiative is apart of what she has dubbed her “Children’s Agenda.” [mc4wp_form id=”6042″]

“Every decision we make has a profound impact on our nation’s youngest, most vulnerable residents,” Harris says in the introduction of the proposal. “Whether it’s improving our education system, ensuring access to health care and mental health treatment, protecting the environment, overhauling our criminal justice system, reforming our immigration policies, or supporting working families, it all affects our children.”