Congress must stop enabling a predatory health insurance system, one that repeatedly fails our most vulnerable communities.
Ayanna Pressley
The Public Record
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.
the fight to make Medicare for All a reality is intrinsically a fight to center people with disabilities once and for all.
Madam Speaker, I rise today on the floor of the House of Representatives, the people's House, to declare that Black girls with our braids, locs, Afros, all forms of natural hairstyles and, yes, even our smooth alopecian bald heads, belong…
I think it is so important that we bring Congresswoman Adams' bill to the floor and support this IGNITE bill for HBCUs who have been under resourced but have been outsized in their contributions for generations.
The bomb threats facing HBCUs really must be properly contextualized by America's long history of anti-Blackness and white supremacist violence against our community.
These threats are entirely and wholly unacceptable. No one should have to live life in fear.
The impact that these threats have on our HBCU communities, it is devastating.
These price hikes are rooted in corporate greed, plain and simple, and low-income families will continue to pay the highest price.
Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of the late State Representative Raymond Jordan, Jr. Representative Jordan was a good man, a trailblazing man, and a friend and mentor to many. A resident of Springfield and a…





