The Proposal That Men And Women Should

The Proposal That Men And Women Should Be Treated Equally Under The Law Is Hardly A Controversial Concept.

While Men's Rights Are Guaranteed By Specific Language In The Constitution, Women's Equal Rights Aren't Mentioned.

One Of My Mentors Was Patricia Schroeder, And One Night She Came To Me On The Floor And She Said To Me, "why Are We Sitting In Congress, When A Lot Of Women Would Try To Do It And Couldn't? Why Are We Here And Others Aren't?" And I Thought Back And Said It Was Because My Father Believed In Me And She Said The Same Thing, She Said Her Father Believed In Her And Thought She Could Do Anything.

I Firmly Believe That If You Help A Woman, Then You Educate A Child, You Help The Family. Because Women Are Very Focused On Health Care And Education And On The Family. So If You Help A Woman, You Help The Family, You Help The Village, You Help The Country. And So Empowering Women Is A Very Important Part Of Moving, Not Just Women Forward, But The Economy Of The Nation Forward. Particularly In Very Substandard Nations.

You See We're A Country That Talks About Family Values. But We Haven't Passed Anything To Help Family Values Since The Family And Medical Leave Act. And The Family And Medical Leave Act Was One Of The First Things I Voted On When I Came To Congress. It Was Very Thrilling To Me, Because When My First Child Was Born, I Was Terrified Of Being Fired. When My Second Child Was Born, I Was A Member Of The City Council, And In Some Ways It Was Easier To Respond To 250 Constituents Than It Was To Respond To One Employer.