Change is never fast enough to satisfy us. I still hear too many stories of women who go back to work too soon, but I do believe that we have been able to change the paradigm in attitudes towards family leave in that it's no longer a nice thing to do for women, it's a must do for competitiveness, and that's a big change over the last seven years. Changing it into an economic issue is a big sea change in the last seven years.
Valerie JarrettWe talked about the resources that the justice department has available to help them -- the technical assistance to ensure that we're diffusing situations, not encouraging them to spiral out of control.
Valerie JarrettI think that in a country as successful as ours, we still have a long way to go in terms of parity for women, whether itโs equal pay in the workforce or a whole host of other issues.
Valerie JarrettFinancial regulatory reform is one of the top legislative priorities of the Obama Administration.
Valerie Jarrett