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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.

Quotes by year · 2011–20261,092 total · peak 2019 (417)
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Sep 20, 2022

Based on reports, I believe if your employees had had the opportunity to collectively bargain and improve their working conditions, consumers would not have been exploited.

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Sep 20, 2022

I introduced the Greater Supervision in Banking Act to shine a light on working conditions for employees.

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Sep 20, 2022

After years of scandals and billions of dollars in fines, you owe your employees accountability.

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Sep 13, 2022

Remittances help working-class families stay afloat when they need it the most and have demonstratively reduced poverty in several countries.

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Sep 13, 2022

As the Representative of the third-largest Caribbean diaspora in the United States, this hearing really resonates deeply with me.

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Sep 13, 2022

Justice delayed is justice denied. We cannot allow Big Oil to continue use the legal system to escape accountability.

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Sep 13, 2022

Fossil fuel companies have abused the legal system to escape accountability for their role in exacerbating the climate crisis.

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Aug 26, 2022

Forgiving student loans means for you, for your kids, for the midterms and where this big fight goes next.

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Aug 23, 2022

Democrats are connected to the pain that everyday people are experiencing. And we’re doing something about it.

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Aug 23, 2022

This is about educators who have sleepless nights because they can’t meet the monthly minimums and pay for childcare, who took on this debt because they want to educate our babies.

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Aug 23, 2022

This unprecedented step by President Biden, heeding our calls.

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Aug 23, 2022

Our colleagues across the aisle don’t know what a hand up looks like. That’s why they didn’t want a child tax credit.

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Aug 23, 2022

This is impactful. This is a bold step in the right direction. It is transformative, and it will be -- it will be felt.

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Aug 23, 2022

This is transformative. This is an unprecedented step to alleviate the burden that people are feeling, to the tune of a $2 trillion crisis.

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Aug 23, 2022

Democrats win when we deliver and when people can feel the transformative impact, the meaningful impact, the day-to-day impact of our policies and our advocacy on their behalf.

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Jul 26, 2022

As long as gun manufacturers have immunity to sell their weapons of war using harmful marketing tactics, Black and brown communities will continue to be targeted, and that has got to change.

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Jul 26, 2022

As Congresswoman for the Massachusetts Seventh I am going to do everything in my power to keep my constituents safe and stand up against white supremacy whenever and wherever it shows up.

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Jul 26, 2022

While the gun industry rakes in hundreds of millions of dollars, choosing profit over people, selling weapons of war to anyone who wants them...

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Jul 19, 2022

These programs remain dramatically underutilized.

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Jul 19, 2022

Every family has the right to a stable, safe, and affordable home, but for Black families, this right has truly never been actualized.

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Jul 19, 2022

Blatantly racist policies, like redlining, denied Black families homeownership opportunities throughout much of America's history, and we are still seeing the effects of those laws today.

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Jul 18, 2022

I am a huge supporter of the Treat Long Covid Act. Long COVID clinics are extremely necessary to get all of the care in one place.

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Jul 18, 2022

We need to advance bold, equitable policy that meets unprecedented hurt and harm with significant investments in healing and justice.

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Jul 18, 2022

Congress must take action to alleviate the pain, suffering, grief, and trauma resulting from the crisis within a crisis that is Long COVID.

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Jul 12, 2022

Treatment for ectopic pregnancy requires ending a non-viable pregnancy.

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