We have a moral responsibility to ensure that the Federal Government does not forget the people it serves.
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.
Every community deserves to be seen, heard, and invested in, and there should be no erasure.
We are the Oversight Committee, and our job is to conduct oversight, but it is not to intimidate Federal employees.
This is based on a political desire, one, to identify immigrants in a time and a place when immigrants are being targeted.
I continue to be incredibly frustrated at the injustice that we have incarcerated individuals being counted according to where they are being warehoused instead of being counted according to the communities that they are from.
the arguments that we are hearing here this morning that immigrants should not be counted is un-American.
the importance of the Census Bureau's mission really cannot be overstated enough, but it is under threat
We cannot turn the Agency into a political game. Instead, we must ensure FEMA and its workers have the resources, respect, and public confidence they need to continue their work.
When we focus on healing, that is right, we do have to also acknowledge the work of the healer, who is healing the healer?
Now, my district, the Massachusetts 7th, relies heavily on FEMA in times of crisis.





