"Chris Dodd's 12 Days Of Results" Tour Kicks Off In Grinnell

Highlighting His Achievements For Women And Children

First in 12 consecutive days with events touting Dodd's specific results over his public career, and how he'll improve upon them as President

GRINNELL – Following an impressive performance at the last debate of the caucus season, Chris Dodd kicked off his "12 Days of Results" tour at Grinnell College, talking about the efforts he's spearheaded over the last 26 years to help women balance their family and work lives, provide affordable, quality child care and ensure women's health is once again a priority for the country.

Introduced by Delores Mulvihil, the Dodd Campaign's Poweshiek County Chair, who touted his role in authoring the Family and Medical Leave Act, Dodd spoke about his role doing so before having his daughters, Grace age six and Christina, age two. Fighting for seven years, and through two Presidential vetoes, Sen. Dodd brought people from both sides of the aisle together to author and pass landmark legislation ensuring that women don't have to choose between the job they need and the family they love. To date, more than 50 million Americans have taken advantage of the program, but Sen. Dodd understands that more needs to be done. Having introduced a bill in the Senate in June which provides for paid family and medical leave, Sen. Dodd will continue to fight to help women balance work and family when he is President. In addition, Sen. Dodd noted that Iowa has received a quarter billion dollars in federal funding because of laws he authored to strengthen Iowa and its families.

"We all understand how far women have come in the last fifty years -- nearly half the workforce is now made up of women, women are more likely to have an advanced degree, and as many as 10 million American businesses are owned by women, including one by my wife, Jackie. Yet women are still not competing on a level playing-field," Dodd explained. "Today women still earn only 77 cents for every dollar men earn – even less for African Americans and Latinas – and face unique challenges balancing the demands of work and family with the high cost of child care and health care. Women and families deserve a President who will not only make them a priority - but get results for them.”

In addition to the Family and Medical Leave Act, Sen. Dodd:

- Passed Landmark Child Care Legislation.

- Supports a Woman's Right to Choose.

- Supports Affirmative Action for Women and Minorities.

- Worked to Prevent Violence Against Women.

- Fought to Protect Women's Health.

- Supports the Equal Rights Amendment.

- Worked to Strengthen the Equal Pay Act.

In the plan that Sen. Dodd has put forth, which he will implement as President, will provide 8 weeks of paid leave to care for a sick family member or to welcome a child into the world; require the Department of Labor to work with employers to eliminate pay disparities; significantly increase funding for child care programs and provide incentives for businesses to provide child care for their employees; expand eligibility for the Child Tax Credit, expand eligibility for the Earned Income Tax Credit, which lifts more than 2.5 million children out of poverty each year; and invest additional research dollars into diseases that disproportionately affect women and fund added research into how diseases and medicines affect women differently than men, provide universal health care with special emphasis on prevention and screenings for diseases such as breast cancer, ovarian cancer and heart disease.

Source: Chris Dodd campaign

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