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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 20, 2024

AI algorithms trained on skewed, inaccurate, or unrepresentative data magnify human biases, lead to discriminatory outcomes.

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Mar 20, 2024

to suggest that the White House is overstepping, especially when just last week, this Subcommittee heard devastating testimony on AI's infringement on the privacy and civil rights of women and girls. So that overreach characterization is…

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Mar 19, 2024

Donald Trump has demanded that Joe Biden be impeached, has enlisted Oversight Republicans to do his dirty work

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Mar 19, 2024

When Elijah Cummings was the Chair of this Committee, he often reminded us that our role was to be in efficient and effective pursuit of the truth.

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Mar 11, 2024

I worry for my 15-year-old daughter, who will think that it is normal, a conflated part of her identity as a girl or a woman in this country, to experience these indignities and these violations.

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Mar 11, 2024

Thank you to our witnesses for being here today, including Ms. Mani.

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Mar 11, 2024

As a survivor of intra-family childhood sexual abuse myself, I must say, I really do look forward to a day where families and children do not have to weaponize and relive their trauma in order to compel action from their government.

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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 13, 2024

Financial transparency reforms are critical.

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Feb 5, 2024

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

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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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