Ayanna Pressley

This is an act of policy violence that could literally be a death sentence. We should NOT be deporting anyone to a nation still dealing with a grave humanitarian crisis like Haiti. I stand with our Haitian neighbors and urge the Trump…

This is a violation of the Constitution that is risking innocent lives. We do not need another deadly, endless war. Congress must act immediately to rein in Trump.

We never forgot about you. We will not rest until you are fully exonerated.

Should NOT be seizing people's hard-earned wages, tax refunds, and Social Security checks.

These are the actions of a dictator.

It is an honor to be here to mark National Minority Health Awareness Month and to do so shoulder to shoulder with two of my esteemed colleagues, Mr. Clyburn and Congresswoman McClellan. Thank you both for the strength of your convictions…

Like Rümeysa, Mahmoud Kahlil has committed no crime and is being punished by Donald Trump simply for exercising his right to free speech.

Mahmoud Khalil has lived in Syria under [Bashar] Assad. He knows what an authoritarian regime looks like. And he says this is it.

I reject this draconian vision for this country that Donald Trump has. He is a dictator.

Every minute she remains in custody is another minute her health and rights are at risk.

Immediately provide Rümeysa with access to the health care that she needs

This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

She must be immediately released. And we won’t stand by while the Trump Administration continues to abduct students with legal status and attack our fundamental freedoms.

Rumeysa Ozturk was kidnapped in plain sight and sent to Louisiana.

I will enter into the record. This is my rights.

You do not get to dictate how I recite articles for the record. And I take particular umbrage as a survivor of sexual violence. I will enter into the record, this is my right!

I could not in good conscience sit through this speech and give an audience to someone who operates with lawless disregard for Congress...

I could not in good conscience sit through this speech and give an audience to someone who operates with lawless disregard for Congress and the people of this nation.

I could not in good conscience sit through this speech and give an audience to someone who operates with lawless disregard for Congress...

I rise on behalf of the Massachusetts Seventh Congressional District. As the House prepares to vote on a truly horrifying Republican budget resolution, one void of empathy or common sense, I am thinking of the people in my district who…

Joy, your brilliance is undeniable. Your clarity is a call to action. Your laugh is infectious. Your essence is inspiring.

Your brilliance is undeniable. Your clarity is a call to action.

"no reason other than being Haitian".

"shameful" amid the "unspeakable violence" in Haiti.

I think it’s really important in these times that we call a thing a thing. We’re in a moment of anti-Blackness on steroids, and we refuse to be silent.