Quotes from Marcia Fudge

I've never been one to try to find a niche for myself. I've always tried to wait and see what comes.

Unfortunately, my colleagues in Congress have unfairly burdened the Postal Service with a costly, unfunded mandate to pre-pay health care for retirees. No other agency or business has to pay these costs in advance - and neither should the Postal Service.

As a trusted institution with brick-and-mortar facilities in every corner of the United States, our public Postal Service is uniquely positioned to serve as a communications, finance, and service hub for the 21st century.

This country must break the cycle of childhood obesity. Unless we reverse course, this epidemic will continue to put more of our children and the future of our nation at risk.

I do have a very large Jewish population, so it's not unusual that I would be interested in being a part of discussions and finding out what's going on in Israel.

Men and women wonder if merely walking or driving justifies being followed, stopped, or questioned. This practice and the presumption of guilt so often associated with people of color must come to an end.

We need to address hunger, job training, justice. I can't do it alone. We need to elect people who understand the urgency.

More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant.

I think calling what Paul Ryan is doing a 'budget' is lending some validity to it. It is not a budget. If it were a budget, he could justify his revenue projections, he could justify his cuts, and he can't. This is a scheme to rob the poor and give to the rich.

We need to tell the American public the truth. We need to let them know they're not the only ones struggling.

I'm not about sound bites. I'm about substance.

This is not about race or affiliation, and it isn't about black versus blue. All lives matter.

We are world leaders, and we need to act like it.