Political Quotes

“This is not new. The discrimination against women has been around a long time. I consider discrimination against women one of the great social justice issues, whether you are a secular humanist or you have core beliefs in an organized religion. I found not only the picture appalling, but I want to reiterate what we have been saying here: There is a systematic war against women. We do not get equal pay for equal work. We are often devalued in the workplace. We worry more about parking lot slots for our cars than childcare slots for our children. Then, when it comes to health care, what was so great about the preventive amendment was, first of all, we talked not only about family planning, where women could have the children they knew they could care for, but we talked about prenatal care. We talked about making sure our children had the opportunity for viability and survivability at birth. So, yes, it was both a picture of us not being included, but it shows we need to be able to fight to be heard. The issue is, women's voices are not being heard, and I am saying today the voices of women are being heard and the voices of good men who support us. I am telling you--not you, Senator Boxer, but I am saying out loud--if this Blunt amendment passes, I believe the voices of women will be heard. They will be heard on the Internet. They will be heard in streets and communities. Most of all, they will be heard in the voting booth.”