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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 · 201120261,149 total · peak 2019 (443)
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Apr 16, 2024

Racial slurs are not a national security strategy.

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Apr 15, 2024

These Republican attacks against the Bureau are baseless. They do nothing to support or benefit the people, our shared constituents.

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Apr 15, 2024

Despite this, Republicans are trying to overturn this rule. They are choosing to defend a deeply exploitive late fee practice.

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Apr 15, 2024

According to a recent poll, 82 percent of all voters, including 77 percent of all Republicans, support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its mission to protect consumers.

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Apr 15, 2024

People are certainly entitled to their opinions, but not to their own version of the truth.

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Apr 10, 2024

Mifepristone is a safe, effective, and routine form of healthcare that remains necessary and legal across the Nation.

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Apr 10, 2024

As part of their draconian, unpopular goal for a national abortion ban--let us call it what that is--forced birth, which for many will result in forced death, Republicans continue to try to block access to medications, like mifepristone…

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Apr 10, 2024

I will continue to fight to affirm abortion care as the fundamental human right that it is.

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Apr 10, 2024

Unlike Republicans, I have no interest in playing games with people's lives, and this is gravely serious.

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Apr 9, 2024

I think that is what some people might refer to as fake news, when, in fact, at the last hearing on providing transparency for investors by requiring climate disclosure, I was encouraged to hear SEC Chair Gensler confirm on the record that…

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Apr 9, 2024

This is not the time to backtrack and to weaken regulations. This is the time to strengthen them.

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