Testimony before the House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Hearing entitled "Encouraging Family-Friendly Workplace Policies"

For over a generation now, families have been struggling to figure how to balance work and responsibilities at home. Most children—over 70 percent—grow up in a family with either a working single parent or with two parents who both work. Because both men and women are overwhelmingly likely to be working, most families do not have a stay-athome parent or anyone available to provide care if a family member falls ill.