In Sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture represents two-thirds of all employment, governments are proving that resource commitments yield success. In 2004, African heads of state pledged 10 percent of their national budgets to achieve 6 percent annual growth in agriculture. By… — 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)