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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.
Madam Speaker, I thank my dear and fierce colleague from New Mexico for convening us this evening. Madam Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the communities in my district and across our Nation who for too long have been asked to wait, for…
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You forgot to mention in my introduction, 'and the Congresswoman for the Massachusetts Seventh District, proudly representing the Boston Red Sox.'
through the first half of this year, banks and credit unions experienced a 1,318 percent increase in ransomware attacks
The Build Back Better Act is a climate justice bill and a workers justice bill.
A just transition from pollution-based profits to healthy green living means that no worker will be left behind.
With millions of dollars that are going to lobbyist, super PACs, and shadow groups, these corporations refuse to invest in their own workers to ensure they have a future in a renewable energy economy.
We must treat this climate crisis like lives depend on it because they quite literally do.
One climate scientist said, 'What we do in the next 10 years will matter for 10,000 years.'
Your companies invest hundreds of millions of dollars in lobbying efforts each year.
the most efficient way for President Biden to provide relief for millions of borrowers and families is to provide across-the-board student debt cancellation.
Discrimination is wrong, and that no regulator should make carveouts that allow people to discriminate?
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