Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand explained Wednesday how politics would be different with more women in office.
“If the Congress today — there are only 20 women out of the 100 in the U.S. Senate. … Obviously that’s not representative of America,” Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said at POLITICO's Women Rule Summit. “If it was 51 percent in the Congress, we wouldn’t be wasting time talking about access to contraception, we’d be talking about the economy.”
We invite you to read the full articlep published December 4, 2013
Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand explained Wednesday how politics would be different with more women in office.
“If the Congress today — there are only 20 women out of the 100 in the U.S. Senate. … Obviously that’s not representative of America,” Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said at POLITICO's Women Rule Summit. “If it was 51 percent in the Congress, we wouldn’t be wasting time talking about access to contraception, we’d be talking about the economy.”
We invite you to read the full articlep published December 4, 2013