Abby McCloskey, The Federalist, May 30, 2017
"President Trump has provided Republicans the opportunity to engage on paid leave in a meaningful way, and to craft a conservative solution."
Abby McCloskey, The Federalist, May 30, 2017
"President Trump has provided Republicans the opportunity to engage on paid leave in a meaningful way, and to craft a conservative solution."
Danielle Paquette & Damian Paletta, The Washington Post, May 18, 2017
"“It’s a fair starting point to the conversation,” said Abby McCloskey, former policy adviser to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, an early supporter for paid leave on the right. “Trump has the opportunity to push the Republican Party forward and create a new line of thinking.”"
Danielle Paquette, The Washington Post, May 8, 2017
"“The nature of work and families have changed dramatically over the last 50 years — especially for women — yet our labor policies have largely stayed the same,” McCloskey said. “The result is a big disconnect between what working parents need and what is provided.”"
Abby McCloskey, National Review Online, April 13, 2017
"If Republicans want to improve working-class social mobility, they should pursue policies that put the family first."
Abby McCloskey, Lincoln Club Republicans OC, March 10, 2017
SPEECH
Abby McCloskey, AEI-Brookings Joint Blog, February 13, 2017
"Over the last few years, I’ve had numerous conversations with political leaders about the opportunity to introduce a paid parental leave policy. Several of the same questions and concerns tend to pop up among conservatives, which I would like to address here, considering that the new administration and Congressional majority are Republican."
Abby McCloskey, George W. Bush Institute, Catalyst Winter 2017
"As the nature of family and work has evolved in the United States, so should policies that affect the individual taxpayer. Our labor laws and tax system should meet the needs of today’s families."
Abby McCloskey, Aparna Mathur, Angela Rachidi, National Review, January 9, 2017
"In our personal experiences and scholarly work, we see a policy environment that has missed significant opportunities to support families and foster economic growth. Conservatives in particular have been slow to realize the benefits of these policies, but 2017 offers the GOP a huge opportunity to change that."
Abby McCloskey, Dallas Morning News (Print), January 6, 2017
"Trump is wise to pursue economic growth, but he must not stop there. Improving the lives of forgotten Americans depends on going further than <his> 4 percent target. It will require thoughtful and targeted investment to improve economic opportunity for the people who need it most."
Abby McCloskey, GenNext Seattle and National Women's Conference, November 3, 2016 (SPEECH)
Abby McCloskey, National Review Magazine, Post-Election Issue, December 5, 2016
"It may be tempting for Republicans to believe that the gender gap is not a liability, given that they have won a national election in spite of a large one. But Trump’s victory is the exception, not the rule."
Abby McCloskey, The Dallas Morning News, November 11, 2016
"In the coming days, President Trump has a crucial choice to make: Does he prioritize the red meat, populist reforms he promised on the campaign trail? Or does he prioritize reforms that have the highest potential of jumpstarting the economy and helping the "forgotten" Americans, whose imaginations he has so successfully captured and whose votes he has won?"
Abby McCloskey, Dallas Morning News, October 31, 2016
"Last year, U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack ruled the foster care system in Texas was “broken.” Most of the resulting efforts have focused on state and local-based reforms. But this overlooks the crucial role played by the federal government.
Abby McCloskey, The Dallas Morning News, September 25, 2016
"It has never been more expensive for working parents to raise children. Republicans should take their cue from Trump and address this issue head-on."
Reihan Salam, Slate, September 14, 2016
"On the surface—and again, the surface is all we have right now—Trump’s paid maternity leave proposal bears a close resemblance to a very good one advanced by domestic policy analyst Abby M. McCloskey in National Affairs last year. McCloskey, a conservative in good standing, has served as an adviser to the presidential campaigns of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Donald Trump’s mortal enemy, the famously low-energy former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Her proposed maternity-leave program is simple, cheap, pro-growth, and business-friendly."
Abby McCloskey, The Dallas Morning News, September 1, 2016
"In this polarized election year, there is something that unites Republicans and Democrats: the desire to give American workers a pay raise. The big question is how."
Abby McCloskey, The Blaze, August 16, 2016 (TV)
Discussing Trump, the economy, trade and immigration
Abby McCloskey, Forbes, July 26, 2016
"Clinton's efforts to double down on the Affordable Care Act, raise the minimum wage, ignore occupational licensing and raise taxes on working women would implicitly encourage even more women to leave the work force."
Abby McCloskey, National Review Online, July 21, 2016
"Hillary has rejected her husband’s New Democrat platform, which led to one of the most successful economic periods for American women. Free trade, fiscal responsibility, and welfare reform were followed by rising wages in the 1990s and by the highest labor-force participation rate among women ever reached in America: 60 percent in 1999. Instead, she has taken a page from President Obama’s playbook for economic growth, accepting as the new normal the weakest economic recovery since World War II. That means that Obama-era weakness would continue, which isn’t great for women (or men, for that matter)."
Abby McCloskey, Larry Kudlow Show, July 9, 2016 (RADIO)
Discussing yesterday's jobs report and supply-side tax reform