"I am deeply disappointed that our mothers and sisters have to face not only the rising tide of unemployment, but also what amounts to a gender tax."
"The persistence of any element of unequal treatment that prevents any American from achieving the full measure of her potential, while enjoying the full benefits of the rights guaranteed by our Consti..."
"I wanted to thank you for calling today's hearing to enable us to assess the nature of the systemic risk posed by large financial institutions."
"the thing that I guess I am concerned about is we are putting all this money in these banks and where the rubber meets the road is on my street."
"I'm saddened, though not surprised, by the latest job loss numbers."
"I think that if we are going to have a color-blind society, then we should have a color-blind society that goes to the point of eliminating this wall that blocks so many people from opportunity."
"They have done it over. And over and over and over again they see and feel the wind from a door being shut in their faces over and over and over again."
"The most painful thing about it... is that they go through all of that, denied opportunity over and over again, and then they die."
"But yet and still, people are not getting those opportunities."
"I just think that this is a prime opportunity to get some of these things done right now."
"I hope that we are indeed able to make these ideas work."
"We hold this hearing today at a time when our national economy is struggling and the U.S. Postal Service is not immune to that trend."