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Ayanna Pressley

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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.

Feb 7, 2022

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

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Feb 7, 2022

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.

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Feb 7, 2022

Let's be done with it. Let's end 45Q that gives tax breaks to companies that say they are going to build yet haven't.

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Feb 4, 2022

Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of a distinguished community member of the Massachusetts Seventh, Ms. Eva Williams. Born and raised in Boston, Ms. Williams learned the value of hard work and determination at an…

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Feb 2, 2022

at the end of the day, infrastructure, in its development and implementation, has the potential to divide or to bridge, to enforce oppression or to dismantle it, and we have to learn the lessons of the past and chart a better course.

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Feb 2, 2022

the 1956 Interstate Highway Act... resulted in the displacement of more than 1 million people and more than 475,000 families in just 2 decades.

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Feb 2, 2022

Our communities lost access to jobs and other critical resources, divestment that to this very day contributes to the racial wealth gap in our nation.

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Feb 2, 2022

for too long, our traditional infrastructure investments and policies have really exacerbated inequities and disparities in our communities.

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Jan 19, 2022

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of our bill, the Willie O'Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act, legislation which honors the historic career and life of service of the one and only Willie O'Ree. With today's vote in the people's House…

Congressional Record · 2022-01-19
Jan 18, 2022

We certainly have seen increased illness here this last month but we are hopeful in the next month that we will see some of that wane.

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