Pete Buttigieg defends his paternity leave as 'time to do joyful work'
Pete Buttigieg defends his paternity leave as 'time to do joyful work' and says the best way to fix supply chain issues is to 'end the pandemic' at briefing celebrating the $1.2T infrastructure plan becoming 'law of the land' Buttigieg defended his own paternity leave and said the White House would fight for family leave He cheered the new infrastructure bill that passed the House and Senate White House has not said when Biden will sign it – and said he wanted to share credit with lawmakers That could put off a signing of the pressing legislation for days
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Transportation Pete Buttigieg defended his own paternity leave Monday as he pitched the new $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill headed to President Biden's desk as he said the White House would 'continue to fight' for family leave legislation.
His defense of family leave came even as a group of Democratic moderates pledged to back a White House framework agreement 'in its current form other than technical changes' – meaning without family leave provisions that are a priority for progressive lawmakers.
'The president put forward a framework that he's confident can pass the House and the Senate,' Buttigieg told
