“[It has been] like pushing a very large rock up a very steep hill to get people to pay attention to this war on women, so the fact that 30 percent of women … have recognized it is a huge victory, frankly.”
“We’re going to keep reintroducing the Paycheck Fairness act, and the future looks bright for this bill, but it’s rough right now with the partisan obstruction we’re seeing occur…we’re going to move forward, but [the bill’s Senate failure] is indefensible.”
“[There has been] a long-standing tradition of bipartisan support for the Women Against Violence Act against since 1994, [and] I think that there is no reason that we should allow this to become a political issue.”
NOW Action Vice President Erin Matson was featured in a PBS “To The Contrary” round-table discussion entitled “Fighting for Women.”
“I don’t think conservative women want to associate themselves with his hate. I don’t think they would want to associate themselves with his bullying…I don’t think conservative women would want to associate themselves with his vitriolic attacks.”