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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.
Mr. Speaker, 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…
Madam Speaker, 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…
Mr. Speaker, 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…
Mr. Speaker, 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…
Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce the Books Save Lives Act, legislation to combat the rise in book bans. This past school year had more than 3,000 instances of books banned across 33 States, and in my home State of Massachusetts, libraries…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate two incredible teams whose hard work, determination, and teamwork have made their mark in Boston's storied championship history. For the first time in the program's history, the Dorchester Eagles 14U…
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…
Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the censure of Representative Jamaal Bowman. This is yet another predictable but no less wasteful action. Congressman Bowman has taken accountability for his mistake, and even Republicans on the…
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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