Where Are The Women? The Women Are

I Believe The Person Who Was Out Conquering The World, Who Was Out Fighting In The World Were Our Fathers, So To Have Them Come... I Adored My Father More Than Anyone In The World, But My Father Had More Advice On Work Policies And How To Get A Job And How To Survive In The Work Environment Than My Mother Because My Mother Never Worked Outside Of The Home. So I Think The Support Of Fathers Is Very Important.

You See We're A Country That Talks About Family Values. But We Haven't Passed Anything To Help Family Values Since The Family And Medical Leave Act. And The Family And Medical Leave Act Was One Of The First Things I Voted On When I Came To Congress. It Was Very Thrilling To Me, Because When My First Child Was Born, I Was Terrified Of Being Fired. When My Second Child Was Born, I Was A Member Of The City Council, And In Some Ways It Was Easier To Respond To 250 Constituents Than It Was To Respond To One Employer.

I Just Remember When My First Child Was Born I Called The Personnel Office And I Asked Them About Their Leave Policies. And They Said, "leave Policies? Women Just Leave And They Don't Come Back." And I Said, "but I Want To Come Back." They Said, "we Have No Leave Policy." And Then They Said, "why Don't You Apply For Disability?" Well, Having A Child Is Not A Disability.

I Write About One Of My Bills That Says Pharmacists Cannot Be Doctors. They Cannot Determine What They Will Or Will Not Sell, And You Find That Many Pharmacists Will Not Sell Birth Control. The Movement Has Gone Not Just Against The Access Of Reproductive Rights To Abortion; The Movement Has Gone To Birth Control. They're Going After Birth Control.

More Women Are Working Because They Have To, That's What It Takes To Put The Food On The Table And Pay The Rent. And Yet We Have Not Changed Our Policies To Support The Family. The Right Wing Goes To The Floor, And They Did When They Were In Power, And Talk About Family Values. Well, Where Are They? Family Values Is Support For Child Care. Family Values Is Equal Pay For Equal Work So That Women Are Paid Appropriately.