🚨BREAKING: @SenDuckworth and I just introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure ALL education professionals have access to family and medical leave.
#COVID19 has made even clearer what we already knew: workers need access to family and medical leave to keep themselves, their families, and our communities safe.
Janitorial staff

Social workers

Paraeducators

Clerical support professionals

Maintenance workers

Foodservice employees

Bus drivers

Work every day to support our nation’s students. They ALL deserve access to family and medical leave.
But right now, the gap in federal law means that many of the workers we entrust to feed, transport, and teach our students are unable to access basic leave benefits without risk of losing their job.

This is wrong.
It is unconscionable that many of the dedicated Americans who care for and teach our children have to choose between their health – not to mention our children’s – and their livelihoods when faced with #COVID19 or any other illness.
My ESP #FamilyLeave Act is a small but critical step toward giving school employees the support they deserve because EVERY worker supporting our students should be able to take care of their own family.
Read my full press release here: casten.house.gov/media/press-re…

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21 Sep
This is fantastic. As #HotFERCSummer taught us, using humor (such as my terrible dad jokes) to get more folks talking about the #ClimateCrisis can make a real difference. Comedians, cable news hosts, & yes - Members of Congress - should do much more of it.
nytimes.com/2021/09/15/art…
That's why I gave a speech inspired by @theestallion declaring this a #HotFERCSummer:
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Have you ever wondered why it is that two-thirds of Americans think government should do more to #ActOnClimate and over 90% of Americans support background checks, yet we’ve made virtually zero progress on either issue?

One reason is @ALEC_States.

#ExposeALEC #TradeUp
So what is ALEC anyway? I’ll let @iamjohnoliver explain it to you and then I’ll pick off where the folks at @LastWeekTonight left off back in 2014.

@IamJohnOliver’s description of @ALEC_States as a conservative bill mill responsible for every disastrous anti-climate law you could imagine was true then and it’s true now.

But 6 years later, ALEC’s #CopyPasteCorruption isn't just as shady as it sounds, it’s even shadier.
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After reading, in full, the House Intelligence Report, House Judiciary Report, the Articles of Impeachment, and hearing from constituents, I have decided to take the solemn step to vote to impeach the President for abusing the powers of his office for his own personal gain.
My career as a scientist and businessman has taught me that facts must be the basis for any decision. Those facts have led me to this decision.
The facts are clear: President Trump withheld military aid to an ally, pressured a foreign government to interfere in our elections, and then systematically obstructed Congress’ ability to learn the truth of his actions.
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