Ayanna Pressley

This is settled law. The majority of Americans do not want this overturned.

They say the bill will cause long-term inflation. Wrong. That is a falsehood. They say it will add to the deficit. Wrong. That is a falsehood.

So, zero Republicans--zero--voted for the Build Back Better Act, despite it containing substantial serious and popular solutions to combat inflation, supply chain issues, and financial hardship, solutions that are fully paid for.

I am tired of this fear mongering and misinformation, so let's today, in this moment, set the record straight about the Build Back Better Act.

The House just passed the Build Back Better Act. We are closer than ever to delivering overdue support for workers, for families, and for the economy.

I thank my dear and fierce colleague from New Mexico for convening us this evening. Madam Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the communities in my district and across our Nation who for too long have been asked to wait, for those who have…

Through the first half of this year, banks and credit unions experienced a 1,318 percent increase in ransomware attacks

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You forgot to mention in my introduction, 'and the Congresswoman for the Massachusetts Seventh District, proudly representing the Boston Red Sox.'

Your companies invest hundreds of millions of dollars in lobbying efforts each year.

The Build Back Better Act is a climate justice bill and a workers justice bill.

One climate scientist said, 'What we do in the next 10 years will matter for 10,000 years.'

A just transition from pollution-based profits to healthy green living means that no worker will be left behind.

With millions of dollars that are going to lobbyist, super PACs, and shadow groups, these corporations refuse to invest in their own workers to ensure they have a future in a renewable energy economy.

We must treat this climate crisis like lives depend on it because they quite literally do.

The CFPB's job would be much easier if the President honored his promise and finally cancelled student debt.

The most efficient way for President Biden to provide relief for millions of borrowers and families is to provide across-the-board student debt cancellation.

Discrimination is wrong, and that no regulator should make carveouts that allow people to discriminate?

I wanted to speak to you about an issue that I have been sounding the alarm on for over a year now, one I know you are very familiar with, the issue of educational redlining.

I am excited and grateful that you will be a partner at the helm of the CFPB.

I thank my colleague for yielding and sister in service here, Congresswoman Leger Fernandez, for convening us here today. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of every worker, every parent, and every caretaker that has questioned how they…

The Build Back Better Act must include investments to preserve and build new affordable housing.

It costs the economy $4 billion--that is 'billion,' with a 'b'--a year from lost productivity.

Residents in my district are moving farther and farther away from work to find housing that is affordable.

So, passing legislation that creates millions of good-paying jobs is absolutely critical.

Housing is a human right, period. Everyone deserves a safe and stable home, period.