Patsy T. Mink: “another important point, a lot of women feel, well, we are getting ahead, equal opportunity. We are going to college, we…”

I think all of us want to do what we can to provide a safety net. Every President that I have worked with talks about the necessity of a social safety net. That is really all that the welfare program is. It is a safety net for families…

I heard a commentator the other day on a talk show say that next to the civil rights, title IX has probably made the most difference in this country in opening up opportunities, and I certainly have to agree that a small effort, a deep…

I rise against the M&M amendment and ask my colleagues to vote against it. I am deeply disturbed by the constant attack on the sugar industry. When they attack the sugar industry, they are really attacking my working people that are out…

Mr. Speaker, as we ask this House to recognize Women's History Month, I think it is important to know how this whole project began. In 1970 women's history was a very fledgling idea. It was started by the Education Task Force of Sonoma…