What A Party, by Terry McAuliffe: on Families & Children

Bill Clinton: Medical Leave Act made real difference in people's lives

Again and again, I heard stories from people who had decided to take advantage of the provisions of the FMLA and ended up having a truly life-altering experience. Often they would get emotional as they told me about the time they had spent being there for a close family member, or being at home with their wives and sharing a baby's first weeks of life in a way their fathers never experienced.

The FMLA was just one of the hundreds of programs enacted in the Clinton years that made a real, palpable difference in people's lives.

Bill Clinton: 1990s: Doubled federal funding for child care

• Highest homeownership rate in history at 67.7 %
• Lowest poverty rate in 2 decades, down to 11.3 %
• Child poverty declined a record 28.7%
• Expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit, lifting 4.1 million out of poverty
• Created the FMLA, allowing nearly 9.1 million workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to deal with family medical crisis
• Doubled federal funding for child care
• Increased the hourly minimum wage for $4.25 to $5.15
• Created AmeriCorps, allowing 400,000 young people to serve their communities
• Largest investment in education in 30 years