Ayanna Pressley

So let me get this straight. Ms. Conway even violated the guidance the White House itself provided employees?

And because Ms. Conway refused to testify here today and was a no-show, we cannot hear from her directly as to why she did what she did.

It would appear that she, like the boss she serves, believes herself to be above the law.

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In my district there are four syringe service programs.

We have to move holistically. We have to move with urgency, and I do believe we need not only on-demand treatment, but it need to be culturally competent, it needs to be gender specific and responsive, and it needs to be trauma informed.

My father, like millions of Americans, as someone who battled heroin addiction, opioid addiction, and was in and out of the criminal justice system, committing crimes to support that addiction.

Opponents of syringe service programs have argued that these approaches fuel drug use rather than reduce the risk of disease.

I'm grateful that we are at a point in the pendulum switch shift here that we are looking at this as a public health crisis and epidemic, which we did not do with crack cocaine.

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The testimony shared today underscores the severity of the student debt crisis taking place in our country.

Okay. Did NIST present any red flags to agencies about inaccuracies in any particular system used by a government agency that you are aware of?

Again, just for the purposes of the record, I guess I over-spoke based on my own desires that the municipality in my district, the Massachusetts Seventh, Summerville passed an ordinance to ban but has not yet passed a moratorium.

I just want to take a moment to say that I appreciate the leadership of the city of Summerville in my district, the Massachusetts Seventh.

There is growing and, I do believe, credible concern over the unauthorized use of this technology in public spaces such as airports, schools, and courthouses.

And was this announced publicly or is this the first time you're saying this on the record?

The designation of Black identity extremism seems particularly absurd.

Since 1995, Black Americans have been victims of 66 percent of all racially motivated hate crimes.

The report links this phenomenon to a quote/unquote, Trump effect.

So no one is being surveyed or monitored under the category of Black identity extremist?

So there was nothing organized there.