Pete Buttigieg says paid family leave isn't just time off: 'It's time to do important work'

The Secretary of Transportation said the Biden administration will 'continue to fight' for paid family leave.

"That's a piece of legislation that really is needed from the standpoint of if we do it and do it right," the West Virginia Democrat toldButtigieg said the president's Build Back Better plan will be beneficial for families, even if it doesn't include paid family leave.

"The universal access to 3- and 4-year-old preschool, making childcare affordable for families across the spectrum, the child tax credit—that's gonna be huge and it's gonna make such a big difference for new parents," Buttigieg told reporters. The Build Back Better proposal includes limiting child care costs for families to no more than 7 percent of income for families earning up to 250 percent of state median income, extending the expanded Child Tax Credit for one year and free preschool for six years.

Biden's $1.75 trillion Build Back Better plan passed a key procedural hurdle over the weekend when House Democrats voted to move forward and consider the sprawling social bill. A date for the final vote on the bill hasn't been set yet, but Biden said he's confident it will pass during the week of November 15.

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