Support the American Opportunity Plan, including paid family and medical leave, raising the minimum wage, affordable quality child care, universal pre-K, and equal pay for equal work.

Joining with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to push for the American Opportunity Plan, a package of legislation that strengthens and builds the middle class through: Paid family and medical leave; Raising the minimum wage; Affordable quality child care; Universal pre-K; and Equal pay for equal work.

The campaign says Schatz is pushing a legislative package covering paid leave, minimum wage increases, child care, pre-K, and equal pay.

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“U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) led a group of 8 senators in introducing the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act, legislation to expand federal paid leave to include 12 weeks of family and medical leave.”

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Recent official Senate release shows Schatz actively pushing a paid family and medical leave component, but it is a targeted federal-employee bill and not enactment of the full multi-part plan.

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Schatz, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Provide Paid Family, Medical Leave For Federal Employees
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“Mr. Schatz... introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo records Schatz as an original cosponsor of the Child Care for Working Families Act, whose title was to increase child care quality and supply and lower costs; the bill text also contains a universal preschool title. It shows concrete support but not enactment.

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S. 1354 (IS) - Child Care for Working Families Act - BILLS-118s1354is | Content Details | GovInfo
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