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Ayanna Pressley

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Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2019. She made history as the first African American woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first African American woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Pressley is known for her progressive stances on issues such as criminal justice reform, healthcare, and immigration policy.

Mar 7, 2019

Madam Chair, I rise today in support of my amendment, H.R. 1, the For the People Act. H.R. 1 is bold, transformative legislation which seeks to restore the people's faith that government works for the public interest, not special…

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Mar 7, 2019

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 72, insert after line 2 the following: SEC. 1052. LOWERING MANDATORY MINIMUM VOTING AGE…

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Mar 6, 2019

this debt is acting as a barrier to economic mobility and further exacerbating inequities and economic disparities

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Mar 6, 2019

And policing specifically discrimination, because this is what I am really concerned about--that the Bureau is unwilling to take on Betsy DeVos and the student loan industry to obtain the records and data needed to effectively police this…

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Mar 6, 2019

research has shown that student debt, particularly defaults and delinquencies, have a disproportionate impact on certain borrowers, particularly black and Latino borrowers

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Mar 6, 2019

So there is an individual impact and then a tsunami of hurt, I do believe, on our economy and perhaps for generations.

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Mar 6, 2019

Research has shown that student debt, particularly defaults and delinquencies, have a disproportionate impact on certain borrowers, particularly black and Latino borrowers.

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Mar 5, 2019

What factors, aside from limited to no internet access, might make communities susceptible to undercounting, given the methodological changes in the upcoming census?

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Mar 5, 2019

And does it affect redistricting and representation as well?

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Mar 5, 2019

I maintain that is because it is underresourced, and that is under because of undercounting, and the digital divide is still very real.

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Mar 5, 2019

Giving growing anti-immigrant sentiment and xenophobia, Wilbur Ross proposed that we add an immigration-status question.

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