Legislative Equality Quotes

No State without its consent shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

The Constitution requires that Congress treat similarly situated persons similarly

One reason the Founding Fathers thought that states should have two senators was so that smaller states wouldn't get run over and could bring their interests to the attention of the Senate more broadly.

No check is necessary on a Legislature composed as the national Legislature would be, with two branches—an upper and a lower House.

The proposed 14th Amendment allows Congress to correct the unjust legislation of the States, so far that the law which operates upon one man shall operate equally upon all.

Members of Congress must live according to the same laws as everyone else.

I told the president 'no' to special treatment for Congress when he tried to exempt them from Obamacare.

We need more women and moms in Congress — both in the House and in the Senate. So we should make sure that the congressional workplace reflects the needs of working moms. The House allows children on the House floor, and I believe it should be allowed in the Senate too. My kids, and having all three of them while serving in the House, have made me a better legislator. Being a mom makes politics real.

I believe that every member [of Congress] ought to be equal in fact, no less than in theory.