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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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Feb 13, 2024

Financial transparency reforms are critical.

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Feb 13, 2024

The Republican Majority is trying to defund our nation's financial intelligence unit by cutting the budget of FinCEN.

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Feb 5, 2024

do you agree that racism and racial inequity is a threat to the financial system?

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Feb 5, 2024

will you convene a hearing with the CEOs of the largest banks?

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Jan 30, 2024

Walgreens is planning to close yet another pharmacy in the Massachusetts Seventh, this time on Warren Street in Roxbury, a community that is 85 percent Black and Latino. This closure is a part of a larger trend of abandoning low-income…

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Jan 29, 2024

I thank Chair Comer and Representative Raskin for advancing this legislation. I also thank my Massachusetts colleagues and our delegation for the unanimous support of this effort. I rise today to recognize Caroline Chang, a community…

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Jan 17, 2024

If we defeat the previous question, we will bring up legislation to protect a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions, the Women's Health Protection Act. This is necessary because Republican bills being brought to the floor…

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Jan 10, 2024

I thank Congressman Larson for his inspired and indefatigable leadership on this critical issue. As someone who represents nearly 100,000 Social Security beneficiaries in the Massachusetts 7th and as a co-chair for the Task Force on Aging…

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Dec 6, 2023

Jamaal Bowman is fighting for you, and I am fighting for you right alongside him. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this resolution. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Missouri (Ms…

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Dec 5, 2023

Housing is a fundamental human right.

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Dec 5, 2023

This report found that in Boston, when White applicants applied for a mortgage, the denial rate was approximately 5 percent. But for Black and Latinx applicants, the denial rates were 15.3 percent, and 12.7 percent, respectively. This is…

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Dec 5, 2023

I do believe that on the issue of housing, this committee has lost the plot.

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