Carolyn Maloney: “We have leverage as the United States to stand up for the protection of women and girls.”

The ability to access an abortion is a human right.

Paid sick leave for nursing home workers allow staff to take care of themselves and their families and to keep residents safe.

So, in this moment where you, as lawmakers, have been given the green light to take away our power of our most personal decisions, I want to close by asking you this question: Who are you going to be? Will you sit in judgment of people who…

Republicans are turning back the clock on women's rights, back to a time when women were not viewed as equal citizens.