In the recently passed American Rescue Plan, language from my Healthy Moms bill was included, which provided states the option of expanding postpartum coverage from 60 days to one full year after giving birth.
Ayanna Pressley
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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.
Well, I think today's hearing shows how we have to be intentional in rooting out racist methodologies in our organ procurement process and throughout healthcare.
We are not aware of a biological reason why race, as an independent factor, would affect the decision to be an organ donor or the number of organs transplanted.
I think we need greater transparency to know when OPOs are disregarding potential donors simply because of their race.
We must confront the racial injustices in our organ transplantation system as a matter of life and death, because it quite literally is.
There's really just--there's not an answer because there's no justifiable answer for this discrimination.
Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this legislation. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of…
Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1395) to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to discount FHA single-family mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete a…
Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1565) to create an interdivisional taskforce at the Securities and Exchange Commission for senior investors. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is…





