Ayanna Pressley

So in order for a group to be categorized as extremist or as a credible threat, how many hate-related incidents need to take place?

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.

It has been abundantly clear that facial recognition technology is flawed by design, unlawfully producing false matches due to algorithmic bias.

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

It has not been communicated in multiple languages.

If this is based on signage, which in many ways can be arbitrary, how are folks even aware of the option to opt out?

I appreciate the leadership of the city of Summerville in my district, the Massachusetts Seventh.

The designation no longer exists?

So the answer is none. So can you just say that for the record?

We had a former FBI official on the record who said that Black identity extremists pose no threat to our public safety.

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

The rhetoric that went out from then-candidate Trump was echoed in our Nation's schools.

Hate begets hate and violence begets violence, and there's just far too much of it in the world.

So how many extremist killings has the FBI linked to Black Lives Matter or similar Black activist groups?

There's an increase in anti-immigrant rhetoric, there's an increase anti-Muslim rhetoric, there's an increase in anti-LGBT.

How we implement Census 2020 will have long-lasting impact on our communities, our society, and our democracy.

This is an issue of democracy.

This impact of undercounting cannot be understated and consequences will be borne by our society as a whole.

Well, let me just say this: The occupant of the White House, Donald Trump, said that the move to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill was pure political correctness, and he, in fact, suggested putting her on a $2 bill. So do you agree that…

98 percent of the programs that failed were at for-profit colleges.

These schools have lined their pockets with 100 percent of Federal taxpayer dollars, while consistently failing to meet quality benchmarks.

The rule to revoke a school's access to Federal Student Aid if the typical debt-to-earnings ratio of graduates exceeded a certain threshold.

Respectfully, there is no answer that you could provide me that would be sufficient when you have processed 33 claims in four years, and we're talking about thousands of lives which have been irreparably damaged.

Black and Latino students make up less than 30 percent of all students, yet they comprise almost half of all students at for-profit colleges.

I held one of the first hearings in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the deceptive practices of for-profit colleges.