Ayanna Pressley

Mr. Cuccinelli, respectfully, you have accepted responsibility for making this egregious policy reversal.

Mr. Cuccinelli, I remind you that you are under oath before us today.

I can only assume it is because no one wants to put their name on such a disastrous, cruel, and un-American policy, and the government officials who made that decision ought to be held to account.

They deserve the certainty that they will be able to remain in this country.

The reckless actions of your agency that have put his variability to receive life-preserving medical care at risk are just unconscionable.

I told them when I met them that I would fight for their children as if they were my own and I intend to honor that.

I never want us to lose sight of the impact on real people's lives when we are talking about policy and that is, in fact, why the American people sent us here.

If we stop asking those questions, we do not identify that problem of discrimination and access.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant, so I am pleased to see our Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations shedding light on the continued discrimination and injustices subjected onto our LGBTQ+ neighbors and community…

That is not what your hiring choices indicate, and Maya Angelou told us a long time ago that when people reveal to you who they are, believe them.

Would you leave behind your children's inheritance in Libra? I think it is a fair question because--

You are attempting to use technology to solve what is inherently an issue of wealth.

There is underbanking because people are broke.

I have always maintained that those closest to the pain should be closest to the power, driving and informing the policymaking.

It's clear we must act today. We must act in this moment.

These issues aren't a coincidence. They are outcomes borne out of decades of racial, economic, and social injustice.

There's an old adage in my home community that says: When everyone else catches a cold, Black folks catch pneumonia.

A key component of the Defeat ISIS campaign was to help provide local communities with stabilization assistance to enable displaced persons to safely and voluntarily return to their homes.

I think that, right now, what is happening is a lack of a foreign policy process, a lack of a national security process.

It's equally important to center the lived experiences and agency of our Kurdish allies.

This administration's blatant disregard for the humanity and dignity of the world's most vulnerable is on full display.

In tumultuous times like these, the critical role of congressional oversight cannot be overstated.

And who is usually left behind?

I thank the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands and the gentleman from Nevada and our chair, Karen Bass, for organizing this Special Order. What an honor and a privilege to spend my early months as a freshman Member of Congress in close…

That is why I introduced H.R. 4664, the Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collections Practices Act, which will prohibit the issuance of any rule that would allow for this type of consumer harassment.