Lois Frankel

Your administration has basically, with what we call--with a very, very cruel gag rule, so putting the gag rule on steroids.

I would say, and I think most people in the public would say that Planned Parenthood has done a really good service, especially to poor women, women of color in this country.

Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of patients are taken care of--were taken care of by Planned Parenthood. Mammograms, STDs, contraception.

Federal money is never used for abortions, and Planned Parenthood has never used Federal money for abortions.

Well, abortion is a medical service that is legal. It is legal. Is that correct?

Who should decide whether or not someone brings a child into this world?

I call this the Trump abortion obsession.

The public should know that Mr. Trump fired the government's entire pandemic response chain of command while in the White House.

I think this is a program for wealthy people to get free private school.

It is contrary to this effort for the Trump administration to come in here in another forum and ask for cuts in girls' education and women's health care, specifically access to reproductive care.

I agree with this initiative to empower women economically all over the world.

Today, I rise in support of the resolution to remove the arbitrary deadline for ratification of the equal rights amendment, which is designed to end the legal distinctions between men and women. Madam Speaker, signed in 1776, the…

Because of the force of labor unions, American workers have higher wages and workplaces that are fairer and safer. And we can thank labor unions for things like employee health coverage, the end of child labor, and a 40-hour work week. To…

Congress has done a great job of investing in it in the last several years.

We put language which encouraged the Corps to use the best available science to determine appropriate lake levels.

I don't think we should be spending money on that stupid bigoted border wall.

I am going to ask all my questions at once, and if you are able to answer, I hope you do.

Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy. It has been a hard-fought right. We must ensure that every American that is eligible to vote can make their voice heard. This right has been trampled on after the Shelby County v. Holder Court…

Well, I think you will bring a lot of justice to people all over the country, and I want to thank you for your leadership.

So before I let you go on with your next story, can you just reemphasize again exactly what this legislation will do?

And one more point, if you can emphasize again, when you go into arbitration, does it cost the consumer or the employee money?

And, again, just to emphasize this, maybe you can give some examples of how this results in a coverup of wrongdoing that really keeps other people, whether they are employees or consumers, from being protected?

So what this means in practical terms, we always think if we are harmed or we are wronged that we should have our day in court where a judge or a jury can hear evidence publicly and decide the case. But really what we have now is this…

And, obviously, the arbitrator wants to be rehired. And so the power is with the employer. And I think it is important to know, and I think we can help. We have been talking today about instances of sexual abuse and sexual harassment, but…

Is it true that in many of these arbitration cases that the company actually gets to choose the arbitrator and then the arbitrator--it is the same arbitrator, and then what are the implications of that?