"We lost an engineering professor to another university that did offer domestic partnership benefits because of his feeling that the lack of those policies was unjust."
"I regard this as an issue of equal compensation both in pay and benefits, but predominantly, we're looking at benefits for equal work."
"the Federal Government cannot recognize these marriages because of DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act"
"This legislation is a valuable business opportunity for the Federal Government to enhance our recruitment and our retention efforts."
"the President took an important first step toward addressing these shortfalls when he signed the memorandum last month directing all Federal agencies to extend benefits to same-sex domestic partners o..."
"Surely, the public interest requires that these obligations also apply to partners of gay and lesbian office holders."
"The passage of H.R. 2517 is essential to accomplishing both of these goals."
"He went on to say that, as Americans, we are all affected when our promises of equality go unfulfilled."
"President Obama recognized and acknowledged that fact when he signed the memorandum calling it just a start."
"I want to make very clear that this bill contains strong antifraud provisions, requiring employees to file an affidavit of eligibility in order to extend benefits to their domestic partners."
"Simply put, extending benefits to same-sex partners is a good, practical, bottom-line business decision."