The Family Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, was approved in 1993 and entitles employees to take unpaid time off for certain reasons related to the birth of a child or a medical issue. And the employee’s job is protected during that time off.

But FMLA has never included grieving parents, a change that the Valley’s Barry Kluger has been pushing for.

We spoke with Kluger about his personal story and why he thinks Congress may approve the proposed FMLA changes.