WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump promised Thursday to expand child care and time-off options for working moms and dads confronted with high costs and lack of access to quality care, saying in his administration “we get it done.”
Trump spoke at the White House as legislation to grant federal workers, both military and civilian, 12 weeks of paid parental leave edged closer to becoming law.
Building on that, Trump said at a White House summit on the issue that “we now have a historic opportunity to enact long overdue reforms. It’s time to pass paid family leave and expand access to quality” affordable child care for those not employed by the federal government.
Trump, who has just over a year left in his term, added: “We’re going to get it done.”‘
Three months of paid leave for federal workers is included in a massive, annual defense policy bill that House lawmakers passed Wednesday and sent to the Senate. Trump has said he will sign it into law.