Legislation is about three fundamental things - affordability, access, and quality. That's what the American people want. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
When you give the American people the tools to make the right choices for themselves, they're going to do that. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
Job training empowers people to realize their dreams and improve their lives. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
Day after day, ordinary people become heroes through extraordinary and selfless actions to help their neighbors. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
One in six people in the U.S. at some point each year don't know where their next meal will come from. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
'Putting People First' was progressivism revived and at its best. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
When nonprofits, companies and consumers work together, we believe we can make long term, positive change for the millions of people in… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
Technologies, including cell phones, have the potential to help millions of poor people out of poverty by enabling access to a range… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
Can we have a conversation about the substance? That's what I welcome. We're happy to have those conversations if there are places… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
So we want to make it easier to shop and understand products because many people aren't educated about what's offered - do… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
We know there are states, like Alaska, where there are not a lot of providers. How do we work on issues like… — 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)
![“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)
![“We know there are states, like Alaska, where there are not a lot of providers. How do we work on issues like that? How do we work on making sure that the small-business part of this works better?... And if people have [alternate] plans, let's compare them and see. Access, affordability, and…” quote by Sylvia Mathews Burwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cf0/sylvia-mathews-burwell-15780_access_we-know-there-are-states-like-alaska-whe_2966786.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)