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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.

Dec 1, 2020

the risk of overdoing it is less than the risk of underdoing it.

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Nov 12, 2020

This is moment of national reckoning. The most marginalized communities in response to that national reckoning decisively elected moving this broad deep coalition of black and brown indigenous, disabled, AAPI, young people to turn the page…

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Nov 12, 2020

And then declaring climate change a national emergency.

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Nov 12, 2020

So, for me, some of those priorities of what I would like to see are canceling student debt, which I see as both a racial justice issue and critical to an equitable economic recovery from the impacts of this pandemic.

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Nov 12, 2020

Well, first, I just want to say how much I appreciate the insight and the candor of the president, and it really just proves that racism is systemic. It is structural. It is pervasive.

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Nov 12, 2020

For me, some of those priorities of what I would like to see are canceling student debt, which I see as both a racial justice issue and critical to an equitable economic recovery from the impacts of this pandemic, protect Dreamers and TPS…

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Nov 12, 2020

So, notwithstanding that, though, Joy, this last four years has really been a fire hose of insult and assault and hurt and harm. So the immediate priority for Democrats in the incoming Biden-Harris administration first must be a…

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Sep 29, 2020

the American public deserves better.

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Sep 29, 2020

So, then through three different studies, researchers found that a chemical variation of thalidomide, which would later be named Revlimid, was even more effective in treating multiple myeloma.

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Sep 29, 2020

Unfortunately, due to no reason other than greed, the company Celgene raised the price of this lifesaving drug from $215 to $719.

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Sep 29, 2020

The lack of access to affordable lifesaving medications is an injustice. It represents an act of economic violence and an attack on the basic principle that healthcare is a fundamental human right.

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