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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.

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Jan 11, 2021

There is enough culpability to go around here. I'm proud to be a co-sponsor of Representative Bush's resolution.

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Jan 11, 2021

I immediately co-led articles of impeachment with Representative Omar, calling for the immediate impeachment and removal of Donald Trump because he's a clear and present danger to the American people.

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Dec 18, 2020

And if they can approve a $740 billion NDAA, I don't want to hear about a deficit, because the only deficit is a deficit of empathy, and their abdication of responsibility to lead and to provide the American people for real relief for the…

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Dec 18, 2020

All eyes are on Georgia. Mitch McConnell, Loeffler, Perdue, they are the Bonnie and Clyde of corruption. They are all the same. We need to regain control of the Senate. Georgia, do what you do.

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Dec 18, 2020

I don't want to hear about a deficit, because the only deficit is a deficit of empathy, and their abdication of responsibility to lead and to provide the American people for real relief for the hurt that they are experiencing.

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Dec 18, 2020

They are completely disconnected and removed from the hardship that American people are experiencing every day.

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Dec 17, 2020

You have created a nationwide epidemic. 450,000 people have died. Let me be clear, struggling -- people struggling with addiction are not criminals. Your family and Purdue Pharma, you are the criminals. You are the ones who disregard your…

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Dec 16, 2020

Your family and Purdue Pharma, you are the criminals.

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Dec 16, 2020

Let me be clear. People struggling with addiction are not criminals.

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Dec 16, 2020

What we need is a reckoning and accountability for drug companies who put profits over people.

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Dec 16, 2020

Blaming people with substance use disorder is shameful.

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Dec 16, 2020

People who are battling addiction are not criminals. They are not misbehaving. They are managing a harrowing disease

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Dec 16, 2020

The question of opioid addiction has destabilized families and communities throughout the country

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Dec 10, 2020

We cannot have people unsheltered the fact we are having to beg for people to merely survive, to meet their most basic needs is unconscionable.

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Dec 10, 2020

He is callous and disconnected from the hardships the American people are experiencing. When he said he was intent of being the Grim Reaper, he has certainly honored that. He has been an obstructionist at every turn.

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Dec 2, 2020

The Census Bureau must take appropriate steps to process and tabulate the final Census count.

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Dec 2, 2020

SNAP puts food on the table for our elders, supports our working families.

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Dec 2, 2020

Census data informs how to allocate its budget of more than $60 billion.

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Dec 2, 2020

The United States of America needs a complete and accurate count of all people. That is what the Constitution demands.

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Dec 2, 2020

We cannot risk endangering the livelihoods of millions of Americans by compromising the integrity of our Census.

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Dec 1, 2020

Will this exacerbate racial and gender wealth gaps, failing to provide relief to cities and States and small businesses?

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Dec 1, 2020

Is the rescue of small businesses essential to any long-term economic recovery?

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Dec 1, 2020

Do you expect further State and municipal credit downgrades, making it more difficult for State and local governments to borrow?

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Dec 1, 2020

The risk of overdoing it is less than the risk of underdoing it.

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Nov 12, 2020

And then declaring climate change a national emergency.

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