Quotes from Lois Frankel

We need a national family leave policy that will allow both men and women to take paid time off from work to care for a newborn or a sick relative.

My concept of hitting the ground running and being an effective legislator is to focus on my district and having really good constituent work.

The right to religious freedom and the right to vote are both fundamental to our democracy.

Japan and South Korea are two of America's greatest trading partners and home to important U.S. military bases.

Yachts are job creators.

I always tell people that being the mayor of an urban city for eight years was like getting run over by a truck every day. There's inner satisfaction, but 24 hours a day, every day, I'm on duty.

When I was a young kid, girls were taught that their role in life was to get married and have children. It was the 1950s. Those were the rules.

I served 14 years in the state legislature and served in both the minority and majority.

I'm from Florida, which I consider more southern. You cannot put Florida in the same category as California or New York.

It's very interesting how Washington works. It's not about speeches. It's about relationships.

I don't particularly care to know the names of the people in the Freedom Caucus.

I think I have a gene in me to always fight for the underdog, which I've done since I was a kid.

Our military personnel sacrifice for us, and we need to stand up for them.

I never liked the status quo. Once I went to college, I got very involved in student activism.

We must engage with China to try and put as much pressure on North Korea as possible.

I am fairly certain that our budget deficit was not caused by children with autism or 90-year-old grannies in nursing homes, so why take it out on them by cutting services?

A strong, unwavering relationship between the U.S. and its allies Japan and South Korea is necessary for the national and economic security of all three countries.

One of the best things we can do for our country, for advancing our children, is to upgrade our child care system.

It just comes out of my subconscious. If you asked me to draw you a doodle, I couldn't do it.

I'm the mother of a Marine veteran.

Creating on-campus communities for student veterans will help ease the transition from military to student life by providing networking opportunities, assistance with federal benefits, and career services.

Veterans are one area where Republicans and Democrats have made progress together.

Veterans have stood up for us.

As much as the Congress is criticized - and a lot of it is well deserved - the fact is there are many quiet victories if you keep your head down and know how to maneuver in the process and get things done.