Sylvia Mathews Burwell People Quotations

Job training empowers people to realize their dreams and improve their lives.

Putting People First was progressivism revived and at its best.

Day after day, ordinary people become heroes through extraordinary and selfless actions to help their neighbors.

When nonprofits, companies and consumers work together, we believe we can make long term, positive change for the millions of people in America who struggle with hunger.

One in six people in the U.S. at some point each year don't know where their next meal will come from.

Legislation is about three fundamental things - affordability, access, and quality. That's what the American people want.

So we want to make it easier to shop and understand products because many people aren't educated about what's offered - do you know your premiums? Do you know your copays? Do you know your deductibles? And so figuring out ways that we help people understand what this is, how it works, and that they can shop to get what they need.

I had to sign the paper to shut down the government. It's terrible.... [But] what the shutdown showed many, many people is the importance of the role of government. And as frustrated [as people get with] Washington, there are so many things [the government does] that are so important to people's lives every day. The panda cam, paying small businesses their loans - these are all things that shut down.

Can we have a conversation about the substance? That's what I welcome. We're happy to have those conversations if there are places where people think there can be improvements. We want competition in the system, so let's talk about that.

While we've made progress with our numbers, this will be a harder-to-reach group, and we have less money to do it.... Many people don't know or understand about the tax credit that they can receive. And so affordability is a barrier. We know that a disproportionate number of those who are still uninsured are young.

When you give the American people the tools to make the right choices for themselves, they're going to do that.