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Phil Scott: “Paid family leave is much more important to the House…”

Featuring: Phil Scott, Republican | Governor of Vermont

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NBC5 In Depth_ VT Gov. Phil Scott discusses Democratic supermajority and more

Published | Video Starts at 12:58

What we have is somewhat, you know, being a moderate centrist as I am, ours seems to be right in between what the, the differences between the House and the Senate with their paid family leave and their childcare proposal. Paid family leave is much more important to the House, childcare is much more important to the Senate. and ours falls right in between. So I believe, I firmly believe that our approach is the best way to get us where we want to go faster than and with less money than either approach taken by the House or the Senate. (12:58–13:05)

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Asserts that the House prioritizes paid family leave while the Senate prioritizes childcare.

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