I know, having been raised by a tenants' rights organizer, that activism can be a full-time job.
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.
Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and I also want to thank the activists in the room who have been organizing for a more responsive Fed.
I take special claim to the fact that Dr. King and Coretta actually met in Boston.
But again, did the Fed consider how raising rates would disproportionately impact those who were already struggling to secure employment?
The March on Washington was actually the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedoms.
Would more Americans have jobs today if the Fed had not increased rates over the past 3 years?
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in solidarity with the thousands of our Puerto Rican brothers and sisters surviving the loss and trauma of ongoing natural disasters that have ravaged the island of Puerto Rico, the youth, the elderly, the ill…
Madam Speaker, today I rise in solidarity with my union brothers and sisters in support of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act. Over the last few decades, we have seen the right to unionize, to ban together, and to fight for the…
I still hear from folks in my district, Massachusetts 7th, and across the State, about the continued availability and marketing of these predatory loans.





