Ayanna Pressley

I really do think this should be a national model that is backed by Federal investment.

The truth is that America needs DEI to disrupt systems of oppression that are active in every facet of our society.

Republicans voted to stop the hiring of DEI personnel in the military despite evidence that it will improve military readiness.

Republicans sought to defund the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Education.

This Republican Majority has demonstrated it is out of touch with the priorities of everyday people.

Colleagues across the aisle have waged an all-out war on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Republicans consistently use harmful rhetoric at every opportunity to undermine the talent, knowledge, skills, and the training of professionals in every sector where DEI initiatives exist.

Anti-Asian racism is pervasive in this country. Republican rhetoric and policies have helped to normalize it.

Racial slurs are not a national security strategy.

We should address that issue seriously, and we can and must do so without stigmatizing and discriminating against people based on their identities.

The Chinese Communist Party is adept at Russian propaganda efforts to interfere in our elections and advance its own objectives.

As policymakers, we have the responsibility to weigh our words carefully, especially during discussions like the one that we are having here today.

Our constituents are depending on us to help them, not endanger them with racist rhetoric.

These Republican attacks against the Bureau are baseless. They do nothing to support or benefit the people, our shared constituents.

Despite this, Republicans are trying to overturn this rule. They are choosing to defend a deeply exploitive late fee practice.

People are certainly entitled to their opinions, but not to their own version of the truth.

According to a recent poll, 82 percent of all voters, including 77 percent of all Republicans, support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its mission to protect consumers.

This is deeply unjust.

I will continue to fight to affirm abortion care as the fundamental human right that it is.

Unlike Republicans, I have no interest in playing games with people's lives, and this is gravely serious.

Mifepristone is a safe, effective, and routine form of healthcare that remains necessary and legal across the Nation.

As part of their draconian, unpopular goal for a national abortion ban--let us call it what that is--forced birth, which for many will result in forced death, Republicans continue to try to block access to medications, like mifepristone…

I am disappointed that the final rule is significantly weaker. It fails to fully deliver the informational Scope 3 emissions that investors want, and this has consequences for millions of workers and families.

I think that is what some people might refer to as fake news, when, in fact, at the last hearing on providing transparency for investors by requiring climate disclosure, I was encouraged to hear SEC Chair Gensler confirm on the record that…

This is not the time to backtrack and to weaken regulations. This is the time to strengthen them.