Ayanna Pressley actually said...

"Well, I think today's hearing shows how we have to be intentional in rooting out racist methodologies in our organ procurement process and throughout healthcare."

"We are not aware of a biological reason why race, as an independent factor, would affect the decision to be an organ donor or the number of organs transplanted."

"I think we need greater transparency to know when OPOs are disregarding potential donors simply because of their race."

"We must confront the racial injustices in our organ transplantation system as a matter of life and death, because it quite literally is."