Melinda French Gates
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932 appearances
10 recordings
6 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 14 Jun
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We came within one vote of getting that into a bill.
It failed there.
That is the truth.
Is it money well spent?
You bet it is.
I'm still glad and I will still go after that when there's an opening again.
But we also funded, I mean, I try to be very strategic.
We also funded at the state legislature.
Well, when I got into this work, there were very few states that had paid family medical leave.
We now have over 13 and the District of Columbia.
And so you have to create momentum and get the flywheel working in society, particularly we're talking about some very, very large issues, you know, changing culture.
But what I know to be true is when you look at the other high-income countries that have paid family medical leave and have had it now for over 30 years,
It changes society.
Guess what?
Men stay home at the birth of the child because they're like, I'm not going to miss out.
And then what happens?
Well, he participates more.
He enjoys it more.
The child benefits from it, right?
But without paid family medical leave, he nor she can stay home.
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