Carolyn Maloney

I believe very strongly in paid sick leave.

— Carolyn Maloney

When I started working, women were working at 59 cents to the dollar. We got a raise, but it's still unfair. We're…

— Carolyn Maloney

Usually women are the lynchpins of the family. They carry the brunt of the work at home and of being mothers and…

— Carolyn Maloney

We need a mayor who knows how to balance a budget, who understands the urgency of delivering all the services that a…

— Carolyn Maloney

I just remember when my first child was born I called the personnel office and I asked them about their leave policies.…

— Carolyn Maloney

Nine out of ten adult Americans have a checking account. It's the most widely used financial services product in the United States.

— Carolyn Maloney

We're going to school for higher education in higher numbers, but the numbers still show we're not breaking though the glass ceiling.…

— Carolyn Maloney

The original feminists wanted two things. They wanted the right to vote, from which we could work to get more equality. And…

— Carolyn Maloney

A friend of mine was married to an assistant church pastor who regularly beat her up. He was smart ?- he'd do…

— Carolyn Maloney

I would say that the race of Hillary Clinton was very important to this country, because it showed that a woman could…

— Carolyn Maloney

I think in a society where you can't even pass the Equal Rights Amendment, it's very difficult to women make a progress.…

— Carolyn Maloney

I write about one of my bills that says pharmacists cannot be doctors. They cannot determine what they will or will not…

— Carolyn Maloney

You see we're a country that talks about family values. But we haven't passed anything to help family values since the Family…

— Carolyn Maloney

One of my mentors was Patricia Schroeder, and one night she came to me on the floor and she said to me,…

— Carolyn Maloney

In America, we have long stood by the principle that the protections of the law are not meant just for some.

— Carolyn Maloney

I believe the person who was out conquering the world, who was out fighting in the world were our fathers, so to…

— Carolyn Maloney

Where are the women? The women are here.

— Carolyn Maloney

My idea is that we've worked so many years for equality, but the only area where we've achieved equality, with men, is…

— Carolyn Maloney

More women are working because they have to, that's what it takes to put the food on the table and pay the…

— Carolyn Maloney

While men's rights are guaranteed by specific language in the Constitution, women's equal rights aren't mentioned.

— Carolyn Maloney

The proposal that men and women should be treated equally under the law is hardly a controversial concept.

— Carolyn Maloney

In my research, I found that since 1979, women have lost the equivalent to one night's sleep due to the pressures of…

— Carolyn Maloney

We have not ratified The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Among Women. I think 194 countries have signed…

— Carolyn Maloney

The only way to ensure equality for women is to clearly declare it in our Constitution.

— Carolyn Maloney

Women deserve the same permanent rights and explicit protections given men in the Constitution.

— Carolyn Maloney