Don't talk to me unless it's on the record

So I had been working on a story about women in the capitol for a while now, and had gotten some great interviews. Everything was going really well, until one female legislator tells us this really interesting story about gender discrimination that she thought was going on. After she told the reporter she said that she didn't want it printed. WHAT!!! 

If you just wanted to talk, then you should have called up a friend. Who does that. So we have been trying to talk to her and get her to let us use her story, but she won't. As a legislator, you would think that she would want to expose prejudices so that others won't have to experience the same thing. Being quiet not the way to make positive social change.