Ayanna Pressley

Congress has to act on all three of those, when it comes to the coronavirus, we need to get reoccurring us checks and relief to families.

I feel like an American without a president.

We must legislate healing and justice.

We have been criminalized for the very way we show up in the world.

This crisis again has unveiled many of the deeply entrenched inequities.

The only thing that is the just thing in this moment is for us to pass this legislation.

We must center our essential workers who so often reside in these hardest hit communities.

The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled many of these deeply entrenched inequities, and we're witnessing firsthand the deadly consequences in real time.

While the term 'essential worker' is a new term for some, it is important to remember that the workers we are talking about today have always been essential, although we have usually treated them as if they are disposable.

I want to take a moment just to acknowledge an event that has far too much precedent in our nation's history.

Isn't it, however, the official policy now of the Department of Education that the cause of these disparate rates of discipline that we see with students of color is explained by the fact that these children are just inherently predisposed…

So that $80 million we have spent not to house children you feel that is better spent than putting that money into coronavirus. That is really an incredible set of priorities.

Families are in crisis, food pantry lines around the block, rent is due again in 8 days. The community health centers and hospital workers in my district are desperate. This is a crisis within a crisis, exacerbating every inequity that…

It is critical that we stand against these inciteful messages and assuage fear in our communities.

One group we haven't heard much about are the 2.3 million people who are in prison or jail.

I am uniquely concerned about people with autoimmune disorders and those dealing with underlying health conditions like HIV or lupus.

This painful rhetoric has consequences.

We have seen not only the spreading of the virus but also a rapid spreading of racism and xenophobia.

Certainly, prisons can be incubators for infectious disease and that puts those in prison at risk as well as those who are employed there.

Will the cost of testing be covered?

A day off from work due to illness could mean losing a month's worth of groceries.

This president has granted less commutations than the prior administration.

Can you please make a commitment today to add this information to the website?

And what about treatment?

So, an annual check-in not too much to ask, and that is exactly why, with the support of the AFL-CIO and the Communications Workers of America, I introduced the Greater Supervision in Banking Act.