"Our first goal must be to protect the safety and health of the children."
"I believe that this is an emergency designation."
"I think we are doing a lot. But the question is, what is it really we are going to do?"
"As Barbara Mikulski often says, we will stand sentry on this issue."
"I am concerned about the decision to prevent the Naval Air Station Patuxent River from working with non-Navy customers."
"Apart from wanting to be a good employer, do you feel that these practices increase productivity and profit, or are they kind of neutral, or are they negative?"
"Women in this country have always worked. There is somehow or another this myth that there are these little ladies at home..."
"The Paycheck Fairness Act would enable the Department of Labor to gather better information about wage differences."
"Women, before the ACA, paid much more, often 20 percent to 30 percent more for their insurance."
"The Paycheck Fairness Act, introduced by Senator Mikulski and Representative DeLauro, is a commonsense piece of legislation."
"It would be a tragedy to reach out and take those protections away from them."