Ayanna Pressley

Yes or no, do you believe the substandard public housing conditions pose a risk to tenants' physical, mental, and emotional health if left unaddressed?

But, again, given your medical background, perhaps you could weigh in on the health consequences of failing to invest in safe housing.

And so it pains me that your gifted hands and mine are doing the bidding and carrying the water of what I believe to be one of the most morally bankrupt Presidents in our nation's history.

Housing is a fundamental human right, and the displacement of families should be regarded as the public health crisis that it is.

There isn't a country in this world where this type of greed and conduct will be tolerated.

Your failure to do so is indefensible.

The more time we waste, the more lives that we are losing.

Gilead, you have used your power to manipulate our patent systems, monopolized the marketplace to line your shareholders' pockets, and I think that is shameful.

It has been 40 years since the first HIV case in the U.S., and this disease still remains a global public health challenge.

We have an administration, the occupant of this White House, who sets an aspirational and achievable goal to end this epidemic.

So why should the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau care about enhancing the welfare of predatory lenders?

So while borrowers are struggling to make ends meet, the agency tasked with their protection is busy gifting predatory lenders $8 billion a year.

Now, many would argue that the primary impact is to hurt consumers, but I guess you're right, that the flip side of that is to line lenders' pockets.

I was fortunate enough to discuss this issue before the House Financial Services Committee just last month and to express my concerns regarding the perpetual debt trap that these products leave and create for some of our most vulnerable…

This is not about the vilifying of profit. This is about the vilifying of choosing profit over people.

The American people have invented a way to end the HIV epidemic, and that we should be very proud of.

We do not ask for your company's charity or for tax-deductible donations that meet your company's needs but fail to meet the needs of our communities.

I ask you as a representative of my community, as a proud American, as a scientist, and as a patient, to join me in asking Mr. O'Day what justification do you have for charging $2,000 a month for Truvada as PrEP when the American people…

I hope this conversation sparks the outrage that we need to finally shed light on the evils of White nationalism and far-right extremism and invokes the will and the courage to tackle it head-on.

The growing number of hate crimes taking place in this country are a byproduct of the hateful rhetoric being spewed regularly by the current occupant of our White House.

And at a time when Black Americans are three times more likely to be killed by police, a document like the FBI's intelligence assessment is not just misleading, it is reckless and dangerous.

If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.

There is not a single doubt in my mind that the growing number of hate crimes taking place in this country are a byproduct of the hateful rhetoric being spewed regularly by the current occupant of our White House.

At a time when Black Americans are three times more likely to be killed by police, a document like the FBI's intelligence assessment is not just misleading, it is reckless and dangerous.

Do you believe the Administration's efforts to undermine the ACA will help in the opioid crisis?