Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump attended the White House summit on childcare and paid leave on Thursday, an issue she has pushed for bipartisan support since President Donald Trump took office.
For the summit, Ivanka looked lavish in a black and white houndstooth tweed pattern blazer and wide-leg trouser set from Dolce & Gabbana. The Spencer blazer made from wool, alpaca and mohair-blend features crystal-embellished buttons, oversized collar, fringed edges, and sunflower-print silk crepe de chine lining inside. It retailed for $2,845, but it is on sale for $2,789 at FarFetch.com. As for the wide-leg trouser, it was presented in the AW19 runway collection. The high-rise pants features wide-leg silhouette with front pleats and turn-up cuffs. It retailed for $1,237, but it is on sale for $618 at MatchesFashion.com.
Ivanka helped launch the White House Summit in an effort to address this gap. The summit on Thursday included panels of business leaders who support paid leave and lawmakers who have introduced bills to assemble a national policy. Sens. Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney and Joni Ernst, who all attended the summit, have introduced proposals in the last year that would give new parents the option to delay or reduce their eventual Social Security benefits in exchange for one to three months off when they first have or adopt a child.
“We want the United States to be the best place in the world to live, to work, and to raise a family,” Ivanka announced triumphantly to a small crowd of Administration staffers, Members of Congress, and families at the White House’s inaugural “Summit on Child Care and Paid Parental Leave” on Thursday morning. “We have come together today because we have a historic chance to pass paid family leave and childcare reform so that every American family has the freedom to embrace the dignity of work and the joy of raising a family. Our vision is to give each parent the resources and support they need to make the best choice for their families.
President Trump was also in attendance and thanked Ivanka for spearheading this issue.
“I want to thank Ivanka. And from the very beginning, it’s been an extraordinary,” President Trump said. “She has been so extraordinary, in terms of her advocacy for America’s working families. Fourteen million people she’s gotten jobs for, where she would go into Walmart, she would go into our great companies and say, ‘They really want help. They really want you to teach them,’ because the government can’t teach like the companies can teach. And companies would take a half a million people, a million people.”
President Trump added, “As Ivanka announced earlier this morning, the White House released our Principles for Child Care Reform. Our goal is simple: We want to expand child care options and reduce unnecessary regulations so that parents can choose the best care for their children, including, and very importantly, in-home and faith-based care.”
Congress had reached an agreement to provide 12 weeks of paid parental leave to the government’s 2.1 million federal employees. The $3.3 billion provision, embedded in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed the House on Wednesday and is anticipated to pass in the Senate next week.
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December 17, 2019SHE IS NOT ONLY PRETTY SHE GETS THE JOB DONE WITH OUT ALOT OF BAYLIHOO. SHE JUST GOES TO WORK AND DIGS UP WHAT IS NEEDED AND GRABS THE SOLUTION AND WITH OUT A LOT OF FAN FARE, SHE IS A WONDER AND IS A GREAT ASSET TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND TO AMERICA’S MOTHERS AND CHILDREN