When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never ask the women and children what they think.

I have a brain and a uterus, and I use both.

The genius of the Republicans has been how they figured out how to so polarize the middle class that we vote against our own best interests.

Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be loved.

Our tax code encourages people to raise thoroughbred horses, not children.

Big money tries to purchase its own agenda. Money does too much talking in Washington. Every senator, every representative, even the president awakens each morning with a number in his head that will drive the whole day. The number is the amount of money that must [be] raised that day for his reelection. If he fails, the next day's number will be even higher.

It's really funny if two women stand on the House floor. There are usually at least two men who go by and say, 'What is this, a coup?' They're almost afraid to see us in public together.