Carolyn Maloney Quotations

Because it's important. Laws can be reversed, Supreme Court decisions can be overturned, gender classifications can continue.

Healthy moms mean healthy families. When my Republican colleagues held a hearing about birth control and refused to include a single woman on the first panel as a witness, I asked, "Where are the women?"

Where are the women? The women are here.

A friend of mine was married to an assistant church pastor who regularly beat her up. He was smart ?- he'd do it in a way that the bruises didn't show. For the longest time, she dealt with it. Who would believe the minister was a wife beater?! Meanwhile, my friend ? - An attorney! ? - Suffered in silence.

I believe very strongly in paid sick leave.

If you ask around, it's pretty easy to find someone who has a bank account overdraft horror story to tell.

In America, we have long stood by the principle that the protections of the law are not meant just for some.

Nine out of ten adult Americans have a checking account. It's the most widely used financial services product in the United States.

The only way to ensure equality for women is to clearly declare it in our Constitution.

The proposal that men and women should be treated equally under the law is hardly a controversial concept.