There are so many local nonprofits making a positive impact every day, and yet, oftentimes we don't hear enough about them or their needs. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
My mom didn't run for mayor until she was 65 years old - it was like a second and third career.... The way I've always thought about it is that I don't believe you run for office because you want… — 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
![“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)
