As a global community, we must ensure that legitimate concerns about liability do not hold back the possibility of developing an Ebola vaccine, an essential strategy in our global response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
Across the globe, regardless of nationality or financial status, there is a common dream every mother has for her children - for them to… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
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… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
In one month, the Small Business Administration does $1 billion of loans and guarantees for businesses; many of those are women-owned businesses. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
First of all, women inherently, I think, are quite capable of having lots of balls in the air. And so, like, it's all those… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
No innovation in the past 200 years has done more to save lives and improve health than the sanitation revolution triggered by invention of… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
I kind of have never thought about a career path, which is an unusual approach. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
Somewhere in Rwanda, a rural farmer is dreaming of providing an education for her children. Not just high school, but maybe even a university… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to those who serve or have served in our countrys military, as well as to the families… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
Walmart's Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative is working to create opportunity and empower women and girls in markets around the world. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
Where the federal government and the taxpayer has had funds misused, we need to use the full extent of the law to get those… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
Certainly there was the Affordable Care Act part, then unaccompanied children [there has been a surge of children entering the country illegally and without… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
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… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
Legislation is about three fundamental things - affordability, access, and quality. That's what the American people want. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
To get the most from agricultural resources, poor farmers' needs must come first, guiding investment strategies and forming the yardstick for gauging results. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
I have been fortunate to work in places where people have a passion for their work. At HHS the passion sort of exceeds passion… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
![“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…” quote by Sylvia Mathews Burwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3d5/sylvia-mathews-burwell-15780_all-things_i-had-to-sign-the-paper-to-shut-down-the_323276.jpg)
![“Certainly there was the Affordable Care Act part, then unaccompanied children [there has been a surge of children entering the country illegally and without parents, particularly in Texas], and things like, we find smallpox in an NIH lab, after 50 years? Why didn't you find it, like, five weeks…” quote by Sylvia Mathews Burwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cf4/sylvia-mathews-burwell-15780_affordable_certainly-there-was-the-affordable-care_1069584.jpg)
![“I have been fortunate to work in places where people have a passion for their work. At HHS the passion sort of exceeds passion - it's a vocation… I obviously knew that there were certainly some challenges that I would be taking on both with the work and the politics. [But] I probably did not have…” quote by Sylvia Mathews Burwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6f4/sylvia-mathews-burwell-15780_career_i-have-been-fortunate-to-work-in-places_1359107.jpg)