Ayanna Pressley

Now that USCIS has been publicly shamed into processing the deferred action request that you had originally denied.

I'll just make my request again that you respond to the letter by the deadline that we've already submitted.

So, just when I think that the occupant of this White House and his xenophobic administration cannot reach any new lows, they go even lower...

No drama, just hard facts. And that is that, repeatedly, people have been asked to weaponize their lived experiences and their pain...

You cannot overstate $1.6 trillion in debt crushing close to 45 million borrowers. You cannot describe that as anything less than a crisis.

I just want to say I'm very disturbed as we perpetuate the fiction that we live in a meritocracy.

The facts of this crisis, and again it is a crisis, require no exaggeration. We are past the point of just paying attention. It's time to act.

This debt is not just choking at our ability to build wealth or our purchasing power; it is quite literally choking people.

The fact that from hospitalizations to stock piling or buying insulin on the black market, too many Americans are cutting corners in their medical care simply to stay alive, and that is just unacceptable.

The price of insulin has nearly tripled from $3,200 to $6,000 over the last decade, an impossible price tag, especially for our young people and young adults.

It's high time we act and you are rationing life-saving medication, and it seems that for far too long we've been rationing our response and our compassion and our due diligence, and so it is critical that we act, and we act in a…

So, Mr. Monsees, is it your belief that all of that is grandfathered and, therefore, shielded from FDA regulation?

What is very disturbing about this, and problematic, is that it seems that you were looking to circumvent FDA regulation

Did JUUL rush any products onto the market before the August 8 grandfathered date, in order to beat that effective date?

It seems that you were looking to circumvent FDA regulation, and that is what is troublesome about this paper trail

So why was it important that you, quote, 'not frame these SKU launches as being a test or being a short-term SKU'?

If you are not counted, you don't count.

For decades, big tobacco targeted black communities to the point where almost 90 percent of all black smokers use menthols.

I just would appreciate having information that we can promote on our platforms, to combat any fraud.

Just--I want to use this platform responsibly here.

My district is 40 percent immigrant. I can't even begin to count--in our Boston public schools alone there are 150 different languages.

If you are not counted, you don't count.

Agreed. And aside from potentially preying upon the black community, JUUL's marketing playbook... has targeted children in native populations.

It is extremely disturbing. We have been here before.

We have to act on the Federal level.