investments with the American Rescue Plan were used--directed toward community health centers who were critical in combating health disparities, affordable housing, free transit, bonus payments to low income essential workers

Cities like Chelsea, Everett, and Randolph in my district were among the most severely impacted communities and they needed additional relief.

The American Rescue Plan put forth by the Biden/Harris administration and passed by Democrats in Congress, was a lifeline for families across the Massachusetts 7th congressional District.

As we approach the two-year mark since the onset of the pandemic, we have to be candid about its disproportionate impact on the lives of Black, brown, indigenous, immigrant, and low income communities.

And is that exactly why we need to be intentional in ensuring that minority- and women-owned cannabis businesses are not left behind in our recovery efforts, that there will be a more intentional and deliberate amount?

This is such an important discussion on ensuring that minority- and women-owned small businesses share in the benefits of any long-term economic recovery.

Ensuring Black and Brown folks can start and sustain cannabis businesses is a matter of economic and racial justice.

Congress looks to you, the attorney general of the United States, to enforce the constitution and our voting rights laws with unmitigated vigor and tenacity. We write to urge you to leverage the full might of the Department of Justice to…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor and remembrance of legendary retired Air Force Brigadier General Charles McGee, who peacefully departed on the morning of January 16, 2022. He was 102 years young and one of the last surviving Tuskegee…

Carbon capture is not proven and its risks are catastrophically dangerous.

Let's continue to highlight the harmful effects on our most vulnerable communities, and I think we can start to make some real impacts there.