"An economy that is 72 percent of our GPD is based on consumer spending."
"If women had pay parity, we would drop poverty in families by 50 percent."
"It's time for women to be able to join together, to be able to share information and to demand that current pay not be set by past pay without fear of retaliation."
"It is time to match the seriousness of the women in this country who are calling for change."
"I just believe that we can do better."
"Every woman in this country, especially the black women and Latinas and native women who experience the most yawning pay gaps deserves robust, baseline, equal pay protections in a Federal law that act..."
"We are so proud of the work that Moms Rising has done not just in Washington State but around the country."
"Thank you so much, Madame Chair, for this opportunity. It is my great honor to introduce Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner..."
"It is just crazy to me that we would not be investing everything we can into making sure that our kids and our teachers and our communities have the resources they need."
"Washington state was actually--the state supreme court actually ruled that the state was not meeting its constitutional obligation to fund public education way back in 2012, and we finally are correct..."
"Most of these women, most of the men were seeking asylum, and your Department... imposed a zero-humanity policy."