Ayanna Pressley

I am encouraged by this pledge, but skeptical.

Thank you, and that is what I was looking for, to be prescriptive about where we go from here to prevent this tragic loss of life from happening to any other families.

I recognize you are not Johnson & Johnson, but I am just furious because what is the source of rebuke and retribution for these families?

In spite of the research and the science and the tragic loss of life, you still would lead us to believe that your products are safe for consumption?

I feel that if we had known that, my mother may still be here among countless other women who are battling this disease right now.

Do you believe that women have the right to know the facts about the cancer risks associated with talcum powder products?

I would like to state that every consumer wants to be respected for their purchasing power and marketed to, but nobody wants to be harmed and hurt by companies pedaling dangerous products in the process.

For well over half-a-century, tests confirm instances in which Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder was contaminated, and yet the company moved forward with aggressively marketing its potentially dangerous product to women of color despite…

So anyone was at risk that was using talcum powder in their genital peritoneal, but women of color were seen at a higher risk because the studies indicated that they used it more.

Black women were three times more likely to develop ovarian cancer based upon their usage.

Studies as early as 1982 found an increased risk, up to two times increased risk of ovarian cancer.

Johnson & Johnson tailored their marketing strategy to women of color almost 30 years ago.

Death is a certainty of life. However, her death was premature and could have been avoided.

I respectfully disagree with the gentleman from Illinois, and I, too, appreciate the opportunity to engage in a civil discourse with him. The data supports the fact that by extending the table of democracy, given what we have learned in…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 72, insert after line 2 the following: SEC. 1052. LOWERING MANDATORY MINIMUM VOTING AGE IN FEDERAL…

And policing specifically discrimination, because this is what I am really concerned about--that the Bureau is unwilling to take on Betsy DeVos and the student loan industry to obtain the records and data needed to effectively police this…

Research has shown that student debt, particularly defaults and delinquencies, have a disproportionate impact on certain borrowers, particularly black and Latino borrowers

This debt is acting as a barrier to economic mobility and further exacerbating inequities and economic disparities

Research has shown that student debt, particularly defaults and delinquencies, have a disproportionate impact on certain borrowers, particularly black and Latino borrowers.

So there is an individual impact and then a tsunami of hurt, I do believe, on our economy and perhaps for generations.

My district is one of the most unequal in the country. It certainly has been impacted by mass incarceration.

Giving growing anti-immigrant sentiment and xenophobia, Wilbur Ross proposed that we add an immigration-status question.

What factors, aside from limited to no internet access, might make communities susceptible to undercounting, given the methodological changes in the upcoming census?

I maintain that is because it is underresourced, and that is under because of undercounting, and the digital divide is still very real.

And does it affect redistricting and representation as well?