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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.

Nov 30, 2022

Housing is at the intersection of everything.

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Nov 30, 2022

Congress must act simultaneously by investing in affordable housing supply as a long-term solution.

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Nov 14, 2022

It is just extremely important that it is automatic expungement, not something that we have to go through the courts for.

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Nov 14, 2022

we did create the first in the Nation social equity program which does provide residents who are disproportionately harmed by the war on drugs with access to critical resources grants and low-or no-interest loans.

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Nov 14, 2022

Congress will not be able to give me back the four years that I lost or any other time that anybody has lost.

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Nov 14, 2022

we need laws that center healing and prioritize equity, but every law is only as good as its enforcement.

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Nov 14, 2022

those of us that are directly impacted, we experience a host of collateral consequences.

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Sep 21, 2022

Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning in solidarity with the millions of student loan borrowers across this Nation who slept a little easier last night knowing that essential student loan debt relief is on the way. I am thinking of every person…

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Sep 21, 2022

Mr. Speaker, I rise in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month. The Massachusetts Seventh is one of the most diverse districts in the country due, in large part, to the rich Hispanic and Latinx communities who reside there: the Colombians…

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Sep 21, 2022

Finally, Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize September as Alopecia Awareness Month. Across the country, approximately 7 million people have alopecia, an autoimmune disease, which I live with, that attacks one's hair follicles. People of all…

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Sep 20, 2022

After years of scandals and billions of dollars in fines, you owe your employees accountability.

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