” We need to have women in elected positions to make their voices heard and to get policy improved, but it’s important because of what it means in the lives of America’s families, and I think the big challenge that we have is achieving public policy for quality, affordable childcare. I see it historically. The suffragettes fought for the right to vote over ninety years ago. And then World War II, women in the workplace, out of the home and into the workplace.”

“Congressional Republicans have shown no interest in averting this latest manufactured crisis. Our country is only one day away from debilitating, across-the-board spending cuts that will harm our economy and undermine job creation. Yet Senate Republicans rejected a balanced plan to prevent these cuts and House Republicans won’t even allow a vote on the fair, responsible Democratic proposal.”

“Today, on the floor of the House we will have a very clear choice: we have the choice to support the bipartisan legislation that has passed in the United States Senate, it passed with a 78-22, 77 percent of the Senate voted for this legislation. A majority of the Republicans in the Senate supported this legislation. All of the women in the Senate, Democrats and Republicans alike, support the bipartisan legislation, that I hope we will have an opportunity to vote on today on the floor of the House.”

“It’s been said that sunlight is the best disinfectant – and this report makes clear that the FCC has the power, the authority, and the responsibility to shine a bright light on the organizations and campaigns behind our political advertisements,” Leader Pelosi said. “The FCC must simply update its rules to reflect the law, ensuring disclosure in our elections, transparency in our campaigns, and fairness for all voters.”

“The Violence Against Women Act has long ensured that no woman would ever be forced to suffer in silence in the face of domestic violence and abuse. Democrats were committed to keeping that promise – that’s why we led the charge to enact the strong, bipartisan Senate bill and secure a victory for all women, no matter their background or community,” said Leader Pelosi. “Today, a bipartisan majority of the House joined the Senate in reaffirming our pledge to America’s women and families, strengthening this landmark law, extending protection to LGBT Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants, and preserving the security of all women.”

” I’m so honored to be here with some of my women colleagues in the House of Representatives. Others are on the floor as we debate the Violence Against Women Act. It’s important for us to come together today because tomorrow is fraught with meaning on the calendar. First of all, it’s March 1st. It is a day that the indiscriminate across‑the‑board spending cuts that will cause unemployment, instability, and uncertainty in our economy [will] take place.”

“I can never explain what Republicans were thinking. I’ll never understand,” Pelosi said in a brief interview with The Huffington Post on Thursday. “They either don’t know what’s in the bill or they’re just using talking points.”

“When Democrats are united, especially around not just an issue but around our values — not discriminating against anybody — we will succeed.”

“When Rosa Parks was a little baby, her mother sang her the hymn, ‘Oh Freedom, Let It Ring.’ She would hear that hymn in church too as she grew up. It became the anthem of her life, and the mission of her life. As Rosa Parks would say years later: ‘I’d like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and wanted other people to be free, too.’”

“Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentle lady for yielding and for her leadership as the senior Democrat on the Rules Committee. Today, we have an interesting discussion. We are debating the rule that will enable us to bring to the floor the Violence Against Women Act. As part of the debate on the rule, [Democrats] are asking to [vote] ‘no’ on the previous question, which will enable us also to not only vote on the Violence Against Women Act, but enact completion, to go onto voting on a proposal that the Democrats have to resolve the sequester issue.”