Occupation: U.S. Representative Birth: February 19, 1946
In my research, I found that since 1979, women have lost the equivalent to one night's sleep due to the pressures of balancing work and family. And a….
I was proud to be an original cosponsor of the Violence Against Women Act when Congress passed it in 1994, and was proud to support the previous rene….
More women are working because they have to, that's what it takes to put the food on the table and pay the rent. And yet we have not changed our poli….
You see we're a country that talks about family values. But we haven't passed anything to help family values since the Family and Medical Leave Act. ….
The reports that Media Matters have done about sexism in our society and really the mainstream media called Hillary Clinton "castrating," they called….
My idea is that we've worked so many years for equality, but the only area where we've achieved equality, with men, is in job loss. We are still 77 c….
Nine out of ten adult Americans have a checking account. It's the most widely used financial services product in the United States..
I believe the person who was out conquering the world, who was out fighting in the world were our fathers, so to have them come... I adored my father….
We cannot ensure that women will be free of discrimination in the workplace and everywhere as long as women are not universally defended under our Co….
We need a mayor who knows how to balance a budget, who understands the urgency of delivering all the services that a great city needs, who understand….
We have not ratified The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Among Women. I think 194 countries have signed onto it, but the….
Healthy moms mean healthy families. When my Republican colleagues held a hearing about birth control and refused to include a single woman on the fir….
One of my mentors was Patricia Schroeder, and one night she came to me on the floor and she said to me, "Why are we sitting in Congress, when a lot o….
I would say that the race of Hillary Clinton was very important to this country, because it showed that a woman could win the state, that a woman cou….
Because it's important. Laws can be reversed, Supreme Court decisions can be overturned, gender classifications can continue..