Texas lawmaker leads the push for guaranteed paid parental leave: "We're gonna get it done"

With Father's Day this Sunday, there's a renewed push in Washington D.C. to give new parents the best present of all—more time with their babies.

Paid time off for new dads is available at just 9% of companies in the U.S., and even when dads can take time off, many don't feel they should, and most take two weeks or less. Parents like Colin Allred know babies are full-time jobs. In 2019 the former NFL linebacker turned U.S. congressman took two weeks off from Washington to be home with his newborn son Jordan in Dallas. It was the first paternity leave ever announced by a member of Congress.