Political Quotes

“In that dissent, Justice Ginsburg said: The problem of concealed pay discrimination is particularly acute where the disparity arises not because the female employee is flatly denied a raise but because male counterparts are given larger raises. Having received a pay increase, the female employee is unlikely to discern at once that she has experienced an adverse employment decision. She may have little reason to suspect discrimination until a pattern develops incrementally and she ultimately becomes aware of the disparity. Again, I think of what bravery Justice Ginsburg showed in saying to our colleagues that this dissent was so important, to read it from the bench. Not everything in the legislative or legal process is easy. It takes bringing awareness to our colleagues, and clearly there is a lot of awareness that needs to continue to happen here. This is about working families and their desire to have healthcare coverage for preexisting conditions, protection of reproductive rights, hundreds of thousands of Dreamers wanting to know what the future looks like, and obviously LGBTQ rights and whether they are going to be set back. I think of the other time that I had a great interaction with Justice Ginsburg. When I also first got here, we had this dinner every year. The Senator from Hawaii will find this interesting. We in the Senate would be invited--Democrats and Republicans--to have dinner with the Supreme Court. It was a great night.…”