My niece was a sexual-assault victim. My sister is a survivor of domestic violence. We have more shelters for animals than for battered women. That's not the message we should be sending.

People have to be reminded that unions played a very historic role in our economy.

No family should have to depend on the labor of its children to put food on the table and no person should be forced to work in captivity.

My niece was a sexual-assault victim. My sister is a survivor of domestic violence. We have more shelters for animals than for battered women. That's not the message we should be sending.

No one has the right to threaten the health, education, and well-being of children by involving them in illegal or inappropriate work.

My role was to bring about fairness in the workplace. All I did was implement the laws that were currently on the books.

My parents raised me and my six siblings with little money... but lots of love.