Press Releases
Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami
202-226-7616
09/26/2007
Pelosi Statement on House Vote to Extend Family and Medical Leave for Military Families
“No group of Americans has stood stronger and braver for our
nation than those who have served in the Armed Forces. How we repay the service of our veterans
speaks volumes about our national character.
“The 110th Congress is keeping faith with our veterans not
only in words, but action. Earlier this
year, we passed the largest veterans’ health care funding increase in the
77-year history of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Yesterday, we took another critical step in
honoring both the service and the sacrifice of our troops and their families.
“The House approved an expansion of the Family and Medical
Leave Act to include the family members of wounded veterans. Under this expansion, family members would be
able to take up to six months of unpaid leave from their jobs to care for
injured veterans, no longer having to choose between keeping their job and
caring for a loved one.
“On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.”