I believe that your voice is the most important of all the important voices that we have heard today.
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.
I told them when I met them that I would fight for their children as if they were my own and I intend to honor that.
And while I am relieved that the policy has been reversed, these families and the American people deserve answers.
Well, given that it was an abrupt policy that stood to impact, quite literally, the lives of critically ill children, in hindsight, do you think that you should have done some analysis?
In closing, I just want to remind my colleagues here today to not lose sight of why we are here, the families and their critically ill children, whose lives are on the line.
It is shameful but consistent. So, I hope that you can answer the questions that I have.
Pressley and I are working with the committee, are looking for Republicans to work with, to tailor a bill for this group of people that would help them.
I never want us to lose sight of the impact on real people's lives when we are talking about policy and that is, in fact, why the American people sent us here.
Mr. Cuccinelli, respectfully, you have accepted responsibility for making this egregious policy reversal.
But what we do want are real answers and justice for these families and a peace of mind, and they deserve that and their children deserve that.
I want to make sure that he understands that to many families this is, literally, a life and death issue.





