Education and Labor Hearing on Extending Medical Leave to Military Families

House Labor Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Extending Medical Leave to Military Families

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 2:00 p.m. on the struggle of military working families who take time from their jobs to either care for a wounded loved one or deal with a military deployment. The hearing will also explore legislative solutions by expanding the Family Medical Leave Act to include military families.

WHAT: Hearing on "The Family and Medical Leave Act: Extending Coverage to Military Families Left at Home?"

WHO: U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)

U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT)

Sarah Wade, a spouse of wounded Iraq veteran, Chapel Hill, NC

Jessica Perdew, deputy director of government relations, Military Families Association

Other Witnesses TBA

WHEN: Tuesday, September 18, 2007

2:00 p.m. EDT

WHERE: House Education and Labor Committee Hearing Room

2175 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C.